Satellite centers help academic facilities tap outpatient market.
Academic medical centers have had difficulty adjusting to the shift from inpatient to outpatient services. They have been slow to provide care in a readily accessible, easy-to-use setting. Satellite ambulatory care centers can help make large teaching hospitals more customer oriented as well as help them attract inpatients.
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D000046:Academic Medical Centers / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D000554:Ambulatory Care Facilities / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D004465:Economic Competition; D006754:Hospital Restructuring; D017146:Models, Organizational; D010934:Planning Techniques; D011357:Product Line Management / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration; D014481:United States