Creative responses needed in controlled environment.

P Rogatz

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Creative responses needed in controlled environment.

P Rogatz

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Faced with an increasingly regulatory environment, hospitals must find innovative ways by which, first, to survive and, then, to respond constructively to externally applied constraints. Decertification of beds and a move to ambulatory care programs are only two of many possible responses. The key to success will be the measure of cooperation between health care providers, insurers, and government.

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P Rogatz. 1978-08-01. Creative responses needed in controlled environment.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/669625/

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