title: Needs assessment for business strategies of anesthesiology groups' practices.
abstract: Progress has been made in understanding strategic decision making influencing anesthesia groups' operating room business practices. However, there has been little analysis of the remaining gaps in our knowledge. We performed a needs assessment to identify unsolved problems in anesthesia business strategy based on Porter's Five Forces Analysis. The methodology was a narrative literature review. We found little previous investigation for 2 of the 5 forces (threat of new entrants and bargaining power of suppliers), modest understanding for 1 force (threat of substitute products or services), and substantial understanding for 2 forces (bargaining power of customers and jockeying for position among current competitors). Additional research in strategic decisions influencing anesthesia groups should focus on the threat of new entrants, bargaining power of suppliers, and the threat of substitute products or services.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave L. Levy Place, Box 1010, New York, NY 10029, USA. corey.scurlock@mountsinai.or
authors.forename: Corey
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Scurlock
authors.forename: Franklin
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Dexter
authors.forename: David L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Reich
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Galati
mesh_terms: D000776:Anesthesiology / Q000191:economics* / Q000379:methods; D003132:Commerce / Q000191:economics* / Q000379:methods; D004465:Economic Competition / Q000191:economics*; D006123:Group Practice / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D020380:Needs Assessment / Q000191:economics*