title: Service line strategy provides hospitals with a competitive edge.
authors.affiliation: preston.gee@stdavids.com
authors.forename: E Preston
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Gee
authors.forename: Frank D
authors.initials: FD
authors.lastname: Kittredge
mesh_terms: D004465:Economic Competition; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006739:Hospital Administration; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D011357:Product Line Management / Q000191:economics*; D014481:United States