title: Healthcare pacts to replace contracting.
authors.affiliation: Frontline Consultants Ltd, Stirling, Scotland, UK.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Deffenbaugh
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D016542:Chief Executive Officers, Hospital / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003284:Contract Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D018166:Health Care Reform; D006779:Hospitals, Public; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D017008:Negotiating; D011209:Power, Psychological; D011682:Purchasing, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012040:Regional Health Planning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012606:Scotland; D013222:State Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration; D006113:United Kingdom