title: Affiliation: when is it the right decision?
authors.forename: G B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Budd
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Ross
mesh_terms: D002391:Catchment Area, Health; D004465:Economic Competition; D005376:Financial Management / Q000379:methods*; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital / Q000379:methods*; D006744:Hospital Bed Capacity, 100 to 299; D006752:Hospital Planning / Q000191:economics*; D006764:Hospitals, Community / Q000458:organization & administration; D008511:Medicine; D009935:Organizational Affiliation / Q000191:economics*; D013038:Specialization; D013997:Time Factors; D014481:United States