title: Downsizing: doing it rationally.
abstract: In the hope of achieving greater efficiency and effectiveness, many businesses are streamlining operations. Industry-specific factors and economics-driven global philosophical shifts have put hospitals under pressure to downsize. Although eliminating staff positions is a painful and emotional process, it can be done rationally.
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Barrett
mesh_terms: D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006754:Hospital Restructuring; D006801:Humans; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling; D010564:Personnel, Hospital / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D013597:Systems Analysis