title: Strategic management and public policy.
abstract: Making strategic decisions that ensure a productive fit between the internal situation and external environment of a healthcare entity--sometimes, even decisions that ensure its survival--is a great challenge. The author suggests that hospitals must adopt specific strategies to anticipate and respond appropriately to changes in policy.
authors.forename: Beaufort B
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: Longest
mesh_terms: D000288:Administrative Personnel; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D004777:Environment; D006291:Health Policy; D006298:Health Services Administration / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D016134:Organizational Policy; D010934:Planning Techniques; D011050:Policy Making; D011057:Politics; D011209:Power, Psychological