title: Hospice operations and perspectives: Part III.
abstract: As managed care and integration become increasingly important in healthcare, the hospice movement is struggling to find new ways to fit and survive within the changing system.
authors.affiliation: Hospice at the Texas Medical Center, Houston, USA.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Egede-Nissen
mesh_terms: D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends; D006738:Hospices / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D008329:Managed Care Programs; D009096:Multi-Institutional Systems / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends; D009935:Organizational Affiliation / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D010934:Planning Techniques; D013781:Texas; D014481:United States