title: The hospital of the year 2000: three scenarios.
abstract: Based on a presentation at the 27th Annual Duke Forum on Health and Hospital Affairs conducted in 1991 in Durham, N.C., this article is a discussion of the forces with a stake in national health policy, a discussion of three ways those forces might come together, and a description of those three scenarios and the issues each would raise.
authors: Department of Health Administration, Duke University, Durham, NC.
authors: J A
authors: JA
authors: McMahon
mesh_terms: D004469:Economics, Hospital / Q000639:trends; D005380:Financing, Government / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends*; D005544:Forecasting; D006264:Health Benefit Plans, Employee / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends; D006291:Health Policy / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends*; D007221:Industry / Q000191:economics; D017059:Models, Econometric; D009310:National Health Insurance, United States / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends*; D014481:United States