title: Performance-based planning for hospitals.
abstract: It is time for health care planning to evolve through a new phase--from strategic planning to performance-based planning, writes Scott A. Mason, D.P.A., FACHE, president and CEO of eko systems inc.
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authors: Mason
mesh_terms: D018672:Community Health Planning; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D006075:Governing Board; D006752:Hospital Planning / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D010934:Planning Techniques; D011357:Product Line Management; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000379:methods*; D014481:United States