Linkage strategies of rural hospitals--Independent hospital, local health system, and/or externally linked facility

Strategies associated with ownership or management of a range of health service facilities, service sharing, and other coordination activities are important to the viability of many rural hospitals. An article articulates a set of linkage strategies employed by rural hospitals. Such strategies and t...

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Published in:Journal of healthcare management 1996-07, Vol.41 (2), p.236
Main Authors: Gamm, Larry D, Kassab, Cathy D, Brannon, S Diane, Fennell, Mary L
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Consortia
Costs
Diversification
Health care
Health care policy
Health services
Horizontal integration
Hospitals
Nursing homes
Organization theory
Political alliances
Primary care
Rural areas
Rural health care
Statistical analysis
Strategic planning
Studies
Subacute care
Vertical integration
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Summary:Strategies associated with ownership or management of a range of health service facilities, service sharing, and other coordination activities are important to the viability of many rural hospitals. An article articulates a set of linkage strategies employed by rural hospitals. Such strategies and their environmental and organizational correlates are assessed in a sample of 46 rural Pennsylvania hospitals.
ISSN:1096-9012
1944-7396