title: Addressing the niche provider rift. Cooperate or compete?
abstract: Hospitals fully realize that physician-owned specialty hospitals, or "carve-outs" are a force to be reckoned with. The real question now is whether to compete or cooperate--and each hospital must decide for itself.
authors.forename: Laurie
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Larson
mesh_terms: D000573:American Hospital Association; D002202:Capital Financing; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D004465:Economic Competition; D006782:Hospitals, Special / Q000191:economics* / Q000458:organization & administration; D007182:Income; D006278:Medicare; D008511:Medicine; D013038:Specialization; D014481:United States