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Research article summary:
Hospitals offer unconventional services in hopes of attracting future patients.
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Faced with shrinking patient rolls and reduced federal support, hospitals across the country are offering a wide variety of new and--for them--unconventional services to bolster their finances. Although the services themselves arent always profitable, ... (Full abstract text below) Published 2003
in Journal: Hosp Q
(Language : eng)
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1. Hosp Q.
2003 ;6(3):85-6, 4
Hospitals offer unconventional services in hopes of attracting future patients.
Sasaki L
Faced with shrinking patient rolls and reduced federal support, hospitals across the country are offering a wide variety of new and--for them--unconventional services to bolster their finances. Although the services themselves aren't always profitable, hospital administrators hope the programs will give their facilities a positive image and persuade customers to return when they need medical care.
PMID : 12846150 [PubMed - Indexed for MEDLINE]
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| Laralyn | Sasaki | L |
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- Health Education
- Health Promotion
- Hospital Restructuring - trends
- Humans
- Marketing of Health Services - trends
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