title: Sponsorship issues and trends.
abstract: Religious congregations are challenged to maintain the Catholic health care ministry at the local level despite the pressures of rising costs and decreasing religious personnel. In response, they are creating delivery systems and are experimenting with ways of increasing lay leadership.
mesh_terms: D002410:Catholicism; D003256:Community Participation; D003284:Contract Services; D058016:Health Facility Administration; D006273:Health Facility Merger; D006755:Hospital Shared Services; D009935:Organizational Affiliation; D014481:United States