The effects of ownership, system affiliation and corporate unbundling on the performance of hospitals.
The increasing influence of business principles is profoundly altering the health care delivery system. Answered here are the questions: Where should the health field be going? What are the differences between not-for-profit and investor-owned systems? Should hospitals undergo corporate reorganization? and Should a hospital consider a merger or close its doors?
D006739:Hospital Administration; D006754:Hospital Restructuring; D006777:Hospitals, Proprietary / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006788:Hospitals, Voluntary / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009096:Multi-Institutional Systems / Q000639:trends*; D009935:Organizational Affiliation; D010067:Ownership; D014481:United States