title: Operational dimensions of one multihospital system.
abstract: The pressing realities of health care delivery in the 1970s call for new solutions and fresh approaches to health care administration. The Lutheran Hospitals and Homes Society of America was founded to assist communities that were encountering difficulties in providing for the health care needs of their people. This article describes how the society meets these needs through a multihospital approach in which the "parent" organization totally operates its member facilities rather than fragmenting its services by allowing member units to utilize one or more of its services.
mesh_terms: D005160:Facility Design and Construction; D006739:Hospital Administration; D008722:Methods; D009735:Nursing Homes; D012952:Societies; D014481:United States