title: Service consolidation--an idea whose time is coming.
authors.affiliation: Department of Government Affairs, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Washington, DC 20036.
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Nickelson
mesh_terms: D003363:Cost Control; D004469:Economics, Hospital; D018166:Health Care Reform / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D017721:Hospital Costs; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching / Q000191:economics; D006278:Medicare / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States