title: Surviving and flourishing in tough times.
abstract: "Test volume low, costs high" was the projection for 1991. The authors' large medical center took steps to compensate.
authors: Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA.
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Ingalls
authors: J L
authors: JL
authors: Brickman
mesh_terms: D002497:Centralized Hospital Services / Q000191:economics; D003284:Contract Services / Q000191:economics; D003363:Cost Control / Q000379:methods*; D006746:Hospital Bed Capacity, 500 and over; D007755:Laboratories, Hospital / Q000191:economics*; D007860:Leasing, Property / Q000191:economics; D008404:Massachusetts; D009936:Organizational Innovation / Q000191:economics*; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling / Q000191:economics