Implications of hospital cost control for administrators

Health Care Manage Rev. 1985 Spring;10(2):29-37. doi: 10.1097/00004010-198501020-00005.

Abstract

By examining a group of hospitals in California, one can see the effects of cost control legislation on hospital administrators. Problems can be studied and decisions analyzed for their appropriateness, both to the California hospitals and to hospitals in general.

MeSH terms

  • California
  • Catchment Area, Health
  • Contract Services / economics
  • Cost Control / legislation & jurisprudence*
  • Economic Competition
  • Economics, Hospital / trends*
  • Ethics, Professional
  • Health Facility Administrators*
  • Hospital Administrators*
  • Humans
  • Medicaid / legislation & jurisprudence*
  • Transportation of Patients / economics