Smaller hospitals internationally are under threat. The narratives around the closure of
smaller hospitals, regardless of size and location, are all constructed around three common …

Hospital closures occur from time to time. These closures affect not only the patients that
depend on the hospitals but also the economy in many rural areas. Many factors come into …

The nature of hospital activity is changing in many countries, with some experiencing a
broad trend towards the creation of hospital groups or chains and multi-hospital networks …

OBJECTIVES: Swedish hospital mergers seem to stem from a conviction among policy
makers that bigger hospitals lead to lower average costs and improved clinical outcomes …

A common feature of health reforms in western nations has been the transformation or (re)
construction of health and health care as both a commodity and product. In the hospital …

During the past decade the hospital industry has made profound organizational changes,
including the extensive consolidation of hospitals through merger and the formation of …

This study seeks to explain major shifts in health policy. It takes as case studies two
governmentally-led hospital mergers in the 1990s-one in London and one in Reykjavik …

American societ y ha s witnessed an enormou s numbe rof changes in the nation's hospital
industry in the last several years. Increased emphasi s on competition suc h as selective …

The Danish hospital sector faces a major rebuilding program to centralize activity in fewer
and larger hospitals. We aim to conduct an efficiency analysis of hospitals and to estimate …

Purpose Since 2010, the rate of rural hospital closures has increased significantly. This
study is a preliminary look at recent closures and a formative step in research to understand …