title: Auditing the health care enterprise. Evaluation research can improve strategic planning and implementation in hospitals.
abstract: Financial audits that focus on the recent past have been criticized for not answering questions concerning whether or not the enterprise will survive and thrive during the next few years. Strategic management/marketing audits (SMMAs) are designed to respond to these concerns. In conducting an SMMA for a long-term care hospital, the authors found critical differences in the beliefs held by key executives and staff members regarding the strategic goals, planning, and actions of the hospital.
authors.affiliation: Freeman School of Business, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA.
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Woodside
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Montelepre
mesh_terms: D004465:Economic Competition; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006752:Hospital Planning / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards; D006782:Hospitals, Special / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D007324:Institutional Management Teams; D008134:Long-Term Care; D008330:Management Audit; D008389:Marketing of Health Services; D014481:United States