title: Developing new services for hospitals: a suggested model.
abstract: Hospitals tend to use an incomplete means of developing new services. The result is a lack of attention to the needs of the intended target markets. A model for developing new hospital services is suggested, one that allows greater input from the service recipients. An illustrative case is presented.
mesh_terms: D003625:Data Collection; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D006739:Hospital Administration / Q000379:methods*; D006754:Hospital Restructuring / Q000379:methods*; D006757:Hospital Units / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008389:Marketing of Health Services / Q000379:methods*; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D010934:Planning Techniques; D014481:United States