Environmental responses in small rural hospitals.
Major environmental forces are placing increased pressure on community small and rural hospitals to provide access to medical care in rural communities and to survive as free standing non-profit community institutions. This survey of chief executive officers of small and rural hospitals in two states examines their perceptions of their institution's environment and the degree to which multi-institutional arrangements are seen as an organizational response to a changing environment. Major differences among small and rural hospitals are explored.
D003625:Data Collection; D004777:Environment; D006270:Health Facility Administrators; D006739:Hospital Administration; D006740:Hospital Administrators; D006743:Hospital Bed Capacity, under 100; D006764:Hospitals, Community / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006780:Hospitals, Rural / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007629:Kentucky; D009513:New Hampshire; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D012924:Social Conditions