title: What your physicians want. Hospitals try to solve the age-old mystery.
abstract: Hospitals have always considered physicians to be among their primary "customers," but dwindling reimbursements and other major changes in healthcare over the years have had adverse effects on the hospital/physician marriage. Today, factors such as managed care and risk contracting make the relationship even more uncertain but also provide an incentive for facilities and their medical staffs to become closer.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Scarborough
mesh_terms: D000407:Alabama; D002204:Capitation Fee; D019090:Case Management; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D006759:Hospital-Physician Joint Ventures / Q000458:organization & administration; D018578:Hospital-Physician Relations; D007193:Independent Practice Associations / Q000458:organization & administration; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008329:Managed Care Programs; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital / Q000639:trends*