TY - JOUR
T1 - The structure and characteristics of rural hospital consortia.
AU - Moscovice, Ira S
AU - Johnson, J.
AU - Finch, M.
AU - Grogan, C.
AU - Kralewski, J.
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PY - 1991
Y1 - 1991
N2 - Rural hospital consortia are relatively new organizations that have been developed to help improve the viability of participating hospitals. This paper describes the characteristics of rural hospital consortia in the United States and develops and tests a measurement model of their underlying structure. The measurement model, which characterized consortia structure in terms of degree of member commitment, degree of complexity, scale of operations, and degree of formalization, provided a good fit to the sample data. Most consortia appear to have followed a relatively conservative course that involved the development of programs that had limited sensitivity and financial risk for individual hospitals. This suggests that rural hospital consortia may not become a model for major structural change in the rural health care system. Future research should examine the evolution of rural hospital consortia from an organizational life cycle perspective.
AB - Rural hospital consortia are relatively new organizations that have been developed to help improve the viability of participating hospitals. This paper describes the characteristics of rural hospital consortia in the United States and develops and tests a measurement model of their underlying structure. The measurement model, which characterized consortia structure in terms of degree of member commitment, degree of complexity, scale of operations, and degree of formalization, provided a good fit to the sample data. Most consortia appear to have followed a relatively conservative course that involved the development of programs that had limited sensitivity and financial risk for individual hospitals. This suggests that rural hospital consortia may not become a model for major structural change in the rural health care system. Future research should examine the evolution of rural hospital consortia from an organizational life cycle perspective.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1748-0361.1991.tb00008.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1748-0361.1991.tb00008.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 10117239
AN - SCOPUS:0026213050
VL - 7
SP - 575
EP - 588
JO - Journal of Rural Health
JF - Journal of Rural Health
SN - 0890-765X
IS - 5
ER -
