title: Outsourcing loses its 'MO'. Our annual survey points to a plateau for most contract services.
abstract: Outsourcing remains popular with health care executives hungry to control costs. But our annual survey shows that its momentum is stalling. Most respondents don't expect their contracting of business, support, and clinical services to change much over the next two years.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sunseri
mesh_terms: D003258:Consumer Behavior / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003284:Contract Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003625:Data Collection; D006270:Health Facility Administrators; D006739:Hospital Administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006748:Hospital Departments / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D020416:Outsourced Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010571:Pest Control; D014481:United States; D018505:Waste Management