Biomaterial Database

Addressing the niche provider rift. Cooperate or compete? 2004

Laurie Larson

Hospitals fully realize that physician-owned specialty hospitals, or "carve-outs" are a force to be reckoned with. The real question now is whether to compete or cooperate--and each hospital must decide for itself.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007182	Income	Revenues or receipts accruing from business enterprise, labor, or invested capital.	Income Distribution,Income Generation Programs,Savings,Distribution, Income,Distributions, Income,Income Distributions,Income Generation Program,Incomes,Program, Income Generation,Programs, Income Generation
D008511	Medicine	The art and science of studying, performing research on, preventing, diagnosing, and treating disease, as well as the maintenance of health.	Insurance Medicine,Medical Specialities,Medical Specialties,Medical Specialty,Specialities, Medical,Specialties, Medical,Specialty, Medical,Insurance Medicines,Medical Speciality,Medicine, Insurance,Medicines, Insurance,Speciality, Medical
D002202	Capital Financing	Institutional funding for facilities and for equipment which becomes a part of the assets of the institution.	Financing, Capital,Funding, Capital,Capital Financings,Capital Funding,Capital Fundings
D003299	Cooperative Behavior	The interaction of two or more persons or organizations directed toward a common goal which is mutually beneficial. An act or instance of working or acting together for a common purpose or benefit, i.e., joint action. (From Random House Dictionary Unabridged, 2d ed)	Compliant Behavior,Behavior, Compliant,Behavior, Cooperative,Compliant Behaviors,Cooperative Behaviors
D004465	Economic Competition	The effort of two or more parties to secure the business of a third party by offering, usually under fair or equitable rules of business practice, the most favorable terms.	Competition, Economic,Competitions, Economic,Economic Competitions
D006278	Medicare	Federal program, created by Public Law 89-97, Title XVIII-Health Insurance for the Aged, a 1965 amendment to the Social Security Act, that provides health insurance benefits to persons over the age of 65 and others eligible for Social Security benefits. It consists of two separate but coordinated programs: hospital insurance (MEDICARE PART A) and supplementary medical insurance (MEDICARE PART B). (Hospital Administration Terminology, AHA, 2d ed and A Discursive Dictionary of Health Care, US House of Representatives, 1976)	Health Insurance for Aged and Disabled, Title 18,Insurance, Health, for Aged and Disabled,Health Insurance for Aged, Disabled, Title 18,Health Insurance for Aged, Title 18
D006782	Hospitals, Special	Hospitals which provide care for a single category of illness with facilities and staff directed toward a specific service.	Special Hospital,Hospital, Special,Special Hospitals
D000573	American Hospital Association	A professional society in the United States whose membership is composed of hospitals.	Association, American Hospital
D013038	Specialization	An occupation limited in scope to a subsection of a broader field.	Specialism,Specialists,Specialist
D014481	United States	A country in NORTH AMERICA between CANADA and MEXICO.