title: Trends in multihospital systems: a multiyear comparison.
abstract: Although data suggest that multihospital systems are growing rapidly, more in-depth investigation is necessary to truly monitor the success of the systems approach. Cost effectiveness, quality of services and access are major factors in determining if the trend toward systems configurations should be encouraged or discouraged.
mesh_terms: D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D003625:Data Collection; D006739:Hospital Administration; D006742:Hospital Bed Capacity; D009096:Multi-Institutional Systems / Q000639:trends*; D010067:Ownership; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D014481:United States