title: Benchmarking: a management tool for academic medical centers.
abstract: With a careful cost-restructuring plan based on benchmark information, The Foster G. McGaw Hospital of Loyola University reduced its operating budget by $33 million and put in place the structure for sustained progress in cost reduction.
authors.affiliation: University of Cincinnati Hospital, USA.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Anderson-Miles
mesh_terms: D000046:Academic Medical Centers / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D002017:Budgets; D002641:Chicago; D003363:Cost Control; D006754:Hospital Restructuring / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000379:methods*