title: Staff downsizing on the decline for organizations trying to cut overall health care costs.
abstract: Data Benchmarks: Don't look to downsizing as a major cost-cutting strategy this year. This industry study identifies staffing strategies at hospitals nationwide, plus other important human resource issues for 1998. Not surprisingly, controlling organization-wide costs is a top priority. Here are the details.
mesh_terms: D019985:Benchmarking; D003625:Data Collection; D004651:Employment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends; D006742:Hospital Bed Capacity; D006754:Hospital Restructuring; D007587:Job Description; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010564:Personnel, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D014481:United States; D000078329:Workforce