title: State health reform. Five trends that will transform hospitals.
abstract: As states struggle to forge health care reform plans that meet the opposing objectives of cutting costs and improving access, one thing is certain: Their initiatives will create profound changes to health care and to hospital operations. In fact, five factors emerging from the state reform debate could drastically transform hospitals: reregulation, explosive managed care growth, uncertain state funding mechanisms, new insurance measures, and greater hospital accountability for cost and quality. "This is a wake-up call for hospitals to get very realistic about the cost concerns that are out there," says one hospital executive. Especially since these state efforts are a precursor to national reform.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Johnsson
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hudson
mesh_terms: D003363:Cost Control; D005380:Financing, Government; D006264:Health Benefit Plans, Employee; D006291:Health Policy / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends*; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006739:Hospital Administration / Q000639:trends*; D008329:Managed Care Programs; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D013221:State Health Plans / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends*; D014481:United States