Assessing the requirements of hospital-sponsored child daycare.
Staff shortages have made many hospitals consider providing child daycare for employees. This article summarizes employee expectations and the market findings of an analysis conducted at Shands Hospital at the University of Florida. It evaluates the financial feasibility of a child daycare center and discusses factors that make child daycare a questionable business venture. It also looks at strategies for enhancing available child daycare without providing services directly.
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