Creative responses needed in controlled environment.
Faced with an increasingly regulatory environment, hospitals must find innovative ways by which, first, to survive and, then, to respond constructively to externally applied constraints. Decertification of beds and a move to ambulatory care programs are only two of many possible responses. The key to success will be the measure of cooperation between health care providers, insurers, and government.
D000553:Ambulatory Care; D002567:Certificate of Need; D005161:Facility Regulation and Control; D005376:Financial Management; D006271:Health Facility Closure; D006739:Hospital Administration / Q000639:trends*; D006752:Hospital Planning; D007349:Insurance, Health, Reimbursement; D010820:Physicians / Q000600:supply & distribution; D014481:United States