title: Innovation in hospital plans.
abstract: 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.
mesh_terms: 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