title: Cost containment and the trustee.
abstract: Of all the challenges facing hospital trustees, the cost issue is the most pressing. Hospital costs can be contained through greater attention to productivity, more effective clinical patterns of practice, and better education of the hospital's various publics. Trustees can help to contain costs in their hospitals by supporting their administrators' cost containment efforts and by sharing their expertise with them.
authors.forename: W D
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: Barker
mesh_terms: D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D004469:Economics, Hospital; D004526:Efficiency; D006075:Governing Board; D006761:Hospitals; D011364:Professional Practice; D011641:Public Relations