Networks strengthen ties, status of rural hospitals.
Rural hospitals are a integral part of the health care system in this country. But a lack of funds and a shrinking patient-base are leaving many of them without the resources to provide state-of-the-art care in their communities. In the following article, the authors discuss a network model that brings urban hospitals to the financial and service aid of rural facilities.
Parsons
R J
RJ
Marriott School of Management, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT.
Howard
M J
MJ
D006745:Hospital Bed Capacity, 300 to 499; D006755:Hospital Shared Services / Q000191:economics*; D006780:Hospitals, Rural / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006786:Hospitals, Urban / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009935:Organizational Affiliation; D014481:United States; D014589:Utah