Innovation in hospital plans.
Strategic planning, competition, marketing and the use of sophisticated analytic techniques are constantly being called essential to the survival of hospitals. The authors found no evidence in a sample of plans that these concepts and techniques are being widely adopted.
D002391:Catchment Area, Health; D004465:Economic Competition; D006075:Governing Board; D006739:Hospital Administration; D006752:Hospital Planning; D008389:Marketing of Health Services; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D010934:Planning Techniques; D014481:United States