title: The case for outsourcing core services.
authors.forename: G D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Burton
mesh_terms: D003266:Continuity of Patient Care; D003284:Contract Services / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards*; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D017048:Health Care Costs; D006748:Hospital Departments / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008329:Managed Care Programs; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D014481:United States