Competition and survival of health service organizations: a population ecology approach.
The survival of health care organizations is viewed, in this article, from a population ecology perspective. This perspective provides insight into how organizational forms are differentiated on the basis of resource availability under different environmental conditions. Selected hypotheses and a rationale are presented to illustrate the applicability of the perspective to health services.
D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000639:trends*; D004463:Ecology; D004465:Economic Competition; D004777:Environment; D006268:Health Facilities / Q000639:trends*; D006295:Health Resources / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D011153:Population; D013038:Specialization