Shared services in a small multihospital system.
The pressures of governmental regulation and the inevitability of NHI or catastrophic insurance programs will lead hospitals to multiinstitutional arrangements as means of survival. The experience of the Tri-County Hospital Group, Wooster, OH, suggests some optimal conditions for shared services organizations and stresses the advantages of quality and economy which may be reaped by hospitals participating in such plans.
D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D005376:Financial Management; D006739:Hospital Administration; D006755:Hospital Shared Services / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006764:Hospitals, Community; D008504:Medical Staff Privileges; D009820:Ohio