title: Competition's failure means it's time for collaboration.
abstract: Competition isn't working as a means of controlling healthcare costs. So it's time for hospitals to voluntarily collaborate before a regulation comes along to force cooperation on them, says Gerald McManis.
authors: G L
authors: GL
authors: McManis
mesh_terms: D004465:Economic Competition / Q000639:trends; D006739:Hospital Administration / Q000639:trends*; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D014481:United States