Strategic plans provide lasting solutions to rural crisis.
Strapped for money and time, many rural hospitals could be tempted by temporary fixes to their financial struggles. Strategic planning helps develop a broader, long-range blueprint for survival. Its steps include making financial evaluations of services; undertaking market and patient origin studies; assessing competitors; involving community leaders; and defining possibilities for joint projects and facility mergers.
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D003625:Data Collection; D005376:Financial Management / Q000379:methods*; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital / Q000379:methods*; D006752:Hospital Planning; D006761:Hospitals; D006780:Hospitals, Rural / Q000191:economics*; D008389:Marketing of Health Services; D010934:Planning Techniques; D014481:United States