The competitive health care marketplace: bringing new challenges to a changing field.
This article, in response to Dr. Weil's article (beginning on page 4), explores the changing health care industry from a different perspective. Stressed here is the need fro hospitals to join an integrated regional network of providers. Also discussed is the responsibility of not-for-profit hospitals to provide indigent care, despite the trend toward prepaid, discounted health plans.
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