Abstract
The health care industry and the nation's hospitals are in the throes of revolutionary change. The shift to managed care resulted in fundamental changes in the delivery of care and the structure of health care, For the past ten years, hospitals have actively been merging and creating large-scale integrated delivery systems. Employers, eager to expand market share and reduce costs, are engaged in radical reorganization of the hospital and the structure of work from which no group is immune. Physicians, nurses, technicians, and housekeepers are all affected by these changes. Hospitals are reducing their personnel, shifting work outside the hospital, and reclassifying work. Employees and their unions are responding to these changes at the bargaining table, and the State House, and are actively building coalitions to advocate for quality patient care and for employment standards to secure their jobs.
Recommended Citation
Eckstein, Enid
(1997)
"Labor's Response to Hospital and Workplace Transformation,"
New England Journal of Public Policy: Vol. 13:
Iss.
1, Article 7.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.umb.edu/nejpp/vol13/iss1/7
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