title: Juggling the lineup. Seeking better financial results, providers change services; experts worry about access.
abstract: Not-for-profit hospitals are dropping some services and adding others as they strive to better their bottom lines in tough economic times. "The recession and the drop in admissions and elective cases put more pressure on us to look at behavioral health in a brand new way," says Sam Raneri, left, of Excela Health, which curbed outpatient psychiatric care and closed skilled-nursing services.
authors.forename: Melanie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Evans
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000191:economics*; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational / Q000191:economics; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D011357:Product Line Management / Q000191:economics*; D014481:United States