Kleinke's "Bleeding Edge" sees utility role for providers

Health Care Strateg Manage. 1998 Oct;16(10):2-3.

Abstract

Hospitals will evolve into units of health care delivery systems that will eventually resemble utilities, like water and the telephone, according to a new book. Donald E.L. Johnson reviews Bleeding Edge: The Business View of Health Care in the New Century, by J.D. Kleinke, and discusses the strategic implications of Kleinke's predictions.

MeSH terms

  • Cost Allocation
  • Delivery of Health Care, Integrated / trends*
  • Economic Competition
  • Group Practice / economics
  • Group Practice / organization & administration
  • Health Care Sector / trends*
  • Health Expenditures
  • Hospitals, Community / economics
  • Hospitals, Community / organization & administration
  • Managed Care Programs / economics
  • Managed Care Programs / organization & administration
  • Organizational Affiliation
  • Organizational Innovation
  • United States