Defining hospital market efficiency--the community's task.
Hospitals must concentrate on both market and productive efficiency to control costs and satisfy customers' health care needs. Local communities can set market efficiency standards using data sets similar to the Michigan study's.
D002391:Catchment Area, Health; D003258:Consumer Behavior; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D004526:Efficiency; D006739:Hospital Administration; D006760:Hospitalization; D008389:Marketing of Health Services; D008824:Michigan; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D014481:United States