title: A cooperative organizational form for hospitals.
abstract: Hospitals face severe financial pressures at the same time that patients and physicians are demanding quality medical care and the latest technology, which is becoming increasingly costly. Hospitals must consider adopting and experimenting with a cooperative organization system, which groups physicians, nurses and administrators together in teams to plan jointly and allocate resources.
mesh_terms: D002017:Budgets; D003657:Decision Making; D006739:Hospital Administration; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D014481:United States