title: Benefits and disadvantages of corporate restructuring--the hospital view.
abstract: Many hospitals have adopted a corporate structure to improve management and gain economic benefits. Our study of Massachusetts hospitals found that for only a few had these anticipated advantages materialized, while many found that the new structure entailed added bureaucracy and other disadvantages. The findings suggest that hospitals adopt or keep the structure not only for possible economic reasons but also to sustain their legitimacy in the eyes of important stakeholders.
authors.affiliation: Clark University, Worcester, MA, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Arndt
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bigelow
mesh_terms: D000847:Annual Reports as Topic; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D016542:Chief Executive Officers, Hospital; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D004465:Economic Competition; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006302:Health Services Research; D006754:Hospital Restructuring / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration; D008404:Massachusetts; D009042:Motivation; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires