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The Restructuring of the Hospital Services Industry

Journal of Economic Issues, 1995
Prior to 1870, hospitals were nonprofit institutions serving the poor, the homeless, and the insane [Starr 1982, 144]. Medicine was practiced outside of the hospital by peripatetic physicians attending patients at their home; hospitals served those without resources to pay for the services of a physician.
Jack Reardon, Laurie Reardon
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Restructuring Stressors and Perceived Hospital Effectiveness

Nursing Leadership, 2001
This study examined the relationship of hospital restructuring and downsizing stressors with nursing staff perceptions of hospital effectiveness. The data were obtained in late 1999 from 744 nurses using questionnaires. The findings indicated many significant and independent relationships between restructuring and downsizing stressors and perceptions ...
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Restructuring French Hospitals

PharmacoEconomics, 2000
Hospitals are the sick component of the healthcare sector in many European countries and have been so for a long time. As long as 10 years ago, economists noted the urgent need for hospitals to restructure. During the last 5 years, there has been a surge in hospital mergers, closures and revamping throughout France.
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Restructuring hospitals, restructuring nursing.

The Canadian nurse, 1997
The global economy is in the depths of recession. Organizations from virtually every industry, including manufacturing and service, have responded by reducing expenses and cutting operational costs. Health care restructuring is one result of the new economy. Hospitals worldwide have been flattening organizational charts and reducing costs.
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Hospital Reorganization and Restructuring Achieved Through Merger

Health Care Management Review, 2002
This article examines hospital reorganization and restructuring activities following merger for two study periods: 1983-1988 and 1989-1996. In both periods, hospitals rated strengthening hospital financial position as the most important reason for merger. There were also similarities in reorganizing actions, especially reductions in service duplication,
Gloria J, Bazzoli, Anthony, Losasso, Richard, Arnould, Madeleine, Shalowitz   +3 more
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Nurses' Experiences of Restructuring in Three Ontario Hospitals

Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 2001
Purpose: To describe the effects of restructuring, particularly redeployment, on nurses' personal and work lives, and to compare the utility of “survivor syndrome” and empowerment as alternative concepts for understanding these effects and planning change.Methods: Twenty‐six focus groups or interviews were held with 59 nurses working in three ...
J, Blythe, A, Baumann, P, Giovannetti
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Hospital Diversification: Corporate Restructuring as a Survival Strategy

Hospital Topics, 1987
Corporate restructuring of hospitals as a strategy for survival and continued success is described. Health-care providers' traditional orientation has been toward service and mission; now, profits and new markets in health care must be considered also. To remain competitive, hospitals must be prepared to act rapidly on opportunities.
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Social Work in Restructuring Hospitals: Meeting the Challenge

Health & Social Work, 1996
From bureaucratic to programmatic institutions, hospitals across North America are experiencing restructuring. Using the results of a telephone survey and a semistructured questionnaire, this research study explores the effect of hospital restructuring on the organization and delivery of social work services and the strategies social workers select to ...
J, Globerman, J M, Davies, S, Walsh
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Improving Computer Skills to Support Hospital Restructuring

Journal of Nursing Care Quality, 1999
A vital part of restructuring in hospitals is a continuing effort to find ways to meet the growing demands of caregivers for efficient ways to enter and retrieve patient information. The process of effectively meeting these demands was coordinated through the leadership and efforts of the chief nurse executive and the information manager for nursing at
E, Miller, E, Arquiza
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The Impact of Hospital Restructuring on Home Care Nursing

Nursing Leadership, 2004
Health reform in many industrialized countries has prompted the shift from institutional to community care. In Ontario, this approach was instigated through the Health Services Restructuring Commission.The purpose of this study was to determine whether changes in the hospital sector between 1996 and 2000 resulted in changes in the provision of home ...
Suzanna, Keller, Duncan, Hunter, S E D, Shortt   +2 more
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