title: Planning with the community in mind can prevent hospital closings.
abstract: A study of 46 closings and mergers in New York City over a 15-year period shows the importance of public funding for the viability of hospitals and the need for sound institutional planning for hospital survival. Regulatory agencies may deny hospitals public funds if they do not respond to their communities.
mesh_terms: D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D005376:Financial Management; D005380:Financing, Government; D006268:Health Facilities; D006271:Health Facility Closure; D006273:Health Facility Merger; D006739:Hospital Administration / Q000191:economics*; D006752:Hospital Planning; D009519:New York City