title: [American hospitals in the managed care environment: strategy and perspectives].
abstract: The following article aims at giving some informations about the solutions that have been launched by the american hospitals in order to improve their situation. These measures appear in the context of a tougher competition. But there are a lot of uncertainties on the future on the american hospitals.
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authors.lastname: Simonet
mesh_terms: D000046:Academic Medical Centers / Q000458:organization & administration; D004465:Economic Competition; D005544:Forecasting; D006273:Health Facility Merger / Q000458:organization & administration; D006754:Hospital Restructuring / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006759:Hospital-Physician Joint Ventures / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States