A ____ is used by the IRS for assessing whether hospitals are operated to serve a charitable purpose.

The purpose of ____ is to bring people together, while avoiding the negative effects of differences in power of different participants and of limits in perspectives of each department and level in the hierarchy.

For managers, one the most perplexing features of health care organizations is that they frequently exhibit ____ behavior.

The ____ stores information regarding physicians’ and dentists’ professional competence and conduct.

The overarching goal of assisting physicians and hospitals in adopting electronic health records (EHRs) that meet industry standards is to have the technology used as a tool to accomplish health outcome policy priorities such as ____.

As longevity increases, so does the propensity for ____ disease and the need for self-help and self-care in order to achieve quality of life.

____ analysis compares the value of the strategic business units (SBUs) of firms.

The number of ____ is highly associated with the degree of local health care infrastructure.

____ allow hospitals to be paid prospectively rather than being reimbursed retrospectively on the basis of what they charged.

The physician–hospital relationships fall into three broad categories: noneconomic integration, economic integration, and ____ integration.