title: Contract management firms continue their growing years.
abstract: Hospitals continue to welcome contract management firms into their facilities, as evidenced by another year of healthy growth in 1990. The 75 companies responding to Modern Healthcare's annual survey reported a 13.7% gain last year in the number of contracts. Clinical sectors spearheaded the growth, with emergency department management now the overall leader.
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authors: Lutz
mesh_terms: D003284:Contract Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003625:Data Collection; D006739:Hospital Administration / Q000639:trends*; D006748:Hospital Departments / Q000458:organization & administration; D007221:Industry / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D009735:Nursing Homes / Q000458:organization & administration; D014481:United States