title: The caterpillar and the butterfly: despite regulation, the system thrives.
abstract: Although battered and buffeted by increasing regulations, hospitals will survive as important institutions. Hospitals must take steps to ensure that the federal government does not concentrate solely on regulating inpatient services, but applies controls equitably to ambulatory services as well.
mesh_terms: D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000639:trends*; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000639:trends*; D005161:Facility Regulation and Control; D005376:Financial Management / Q000639:trends; D005102:Health Expenditures / Q000639:trends; D006279:Health Maintenance Organizations / Q000639:trends; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006761:Hospitals / Q000639:trends*; D014481:United States