title: HSA fosters hospitals' voluntary cooperation in areawide planning.
abstract: An HSA convinced the 31 hospitals in its health service area to participate in a voluntary moratorium on expansion and a voluntary planning process through which their long-range institutional plans are reviewed for incorporation into the HSA's areawide plans.
mesh_terms: D003256:Community Participation; D006307:Health Systems Agencies; D006752:Hospital Planning / Q000639:trends*; D009820:Ohio; D012040:Regional Health Planning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States