Dimensions: 5.5'' x 8.5'' 75 pages AEI Press  (Washington) Publication Date: November 1999 Paperback ISBN: 0844771414 Price: $ 9.95 Add to Cart   Examination Copies

By the late 1970s, health care industry experts were posing the question, "Will hospitals survive?" No one seriously argued that hospitals would vanish, but the growth of outpatient surgery, home health care, free-standing imaging centers, and other outpatient services seemed likely to relegate hospitals to a significantly diminished role as the specialized provides of high-end care.

Not only have hospitals survived; they have prospered. Their share of resources in absolute terms has grown, and they remain the core institutional providers of care. In this insightful study, David Dranove and William D. White examine how hospitals have evolved since 1975. Sorting out the effects of economic, technological, and informational forces, the authors present a valuable analysis of the trends that are shaping this critical institution.

David Dranove is the Richard Paget Distinguished Professor of Management and Strategy at Northwestern University's Kellogg Graduate School of Management. William D. White is an associate professor of public health and the head of the Health Management Program in the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at the Yale University School of Medicine.