TY - JOUR
T1 - Privatization of a public hospital
T2 - a quality improvement strategy.
AU - Metsch, J. M.
AU - Haley, D. R.
AU - Malafronte, D.
PY - 1997
Y1 - 1997
N2 - Public hospitals face mounting challenges posed by the rise of managed care, increasing hospital competition, growing responsibilities in indigent care, and stagnant public sector revenues. Privatization exists as a viable strategy for reengineering the structure and operation of public hospitals to meet the new demands of quality and efficiency imposed by a rapidly changing health care environment.
AB - Public hospitals face mounting challenges posed by the rise of managed care, increasing hospital competition, growing responsibilities in indigent care, and stagnant public sector revenues. Privatization exists as a viable strategy for reengineering the structure and operation of public hospitals to meet the new demands of quality and efficiency imposed by a rapidly changing health care environment.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0031463249&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1097/00019514-199705020-00002
DO - 10.1097/00019514-199705020-00002
M3 - Article
C2 - 10166209
AN - SCOPUS:0031463249
SN - 1063-8628
VL - 5
SP - 19
EP - 26
JO - Quality Management in Health Care
JF - Quality Management in Health Care
IS - 2
ER -