title: Hospital closings: fact and fiction.
abstract: The majority of hospitals that closed in 1988 appear to have closed because they could not compete with other alternatives. In short, there was not sufficient value to justify their continuation.
authors: Ohio State University, Columbus.
authors: W O
authors: WO
authors: Cleverley
mesh_terms: D003625:Data Collection; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital; D006271:Health Facility Closure / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006764:Hospitals, Community / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States