title: A conceptual framework for understanding the multihospital arrangement strategy.
abstract: Participation in a multihospital arrangement is part of a strategy adopted by many hospital managers in an effort to achieve a higher level of organizational stability than is available to them when their organizations remain completely autonomous and independent.
mesh_terms: D003657:Decision Making; D006755:Hospital Shared Services / Q000458:organization & administration; D009096:Multi-Institutional Systems / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends; D014481:United States