title: Rural hospitals prepare for impending managed care.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Stout
mesh_terms: D003284:Contract Services; D006744:Hospital Bed Capacity, 100 to 299; D006759:Hospital-Physician Joint Ventures; D006780:Hospitals, Rural / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D007857:Leadership; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006278:Medicare; D009096:Multi-Institutional Systems / Q000458:organization & administration; D009329:Nebraska; D019035:Rural Health Services; D013781:Texas; D014481:United States