title: Leaner health care budgets prompt hospitals to Toronto area to pool resources.
abstract: Tighter health care budgets are prompting dozens of hospitals in the Toronto area to work together to become more efficient and save money. Projects range from sharing physicians' expertise to combining forces to make equipment purchases. As budgets become tighter, more large-scale projects are likely.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bannerman
mesh_terms: D018672:Community Health Planning; D006752:Hospital Planning; D009864:Ontario; D012041:Regional Medical Programs