title: Containing the costs of food service.
abstract: Established techniques and innovative methods are being used in hospital food service departments to control labor, food, and energy costs.
mesh_terms: D003246:Conservation of Energy Resources / Q000379:methods; D003363:Cost Control; D004526:Efficiency; D005521:Food Service, Hospital / Q000191:economics*; D006746:Hospital Bed Capacity, 500 and over; D006801:Humans; D007196:Indiana; D008421:Materials Management, Hospital; D011590:Psychology, Industrial