title: Downsizing and financial performance in rural hospitals.
abstract: This article examines the association between downsizing and financial performance in a national sample of 797 U.S. rural hospitals from 1983-1988. The results indicate that downsizing occurred in about 15 percent of all rural hospitals and that a positive association between downsizing and financial performance was unconfirmed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Management and Policy, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA.
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Mick
authors.forename: C G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Wise
mesh_terms: D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006302:Health Services Research; D006754:Hospital Restructuring / Q000191:economics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends; D006780:Hospitals, Rural / Q000191:economics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012044:Regression Analysis; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States