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L Godkin

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PubMed2001

Examining closure rates of rural hospitals: an assessment of a strategic taxonomy.

This article reports a study of rural hospital failure. Testing a model previously suggested by Drain and Godkin (1996), analysis incorporated four financial ratios used to graphically depict the external environment of a hospital or portfolio of hospitals relative to that of an average facility. Applied to a random sample of rural hospitals, the evidence supports the model's ability to exhibit clustering differences on five of seven selected structure-related variables, and trend activity for the group of hospitals that failed during the period under study.

Catchment Area, Health↗
PubMed1998

Employment selection in health care: the case for structured interviewing.

The literature related to selection interviewing dates, at least, to 1915. The focus of that literature and the conclusions represented by the various authors assumed that the employment selection interview had limited validity or predictive value until the late 1980s. Papers appearing since contradict those conclusions. This article proposes that the selection interview can be a valid portion of the hiring process to the degree that each is highly structured.

Employment↗
PubMed1997

Decision behavior, organizational structure, and the recruitment of female hospital pharmacists.

Given the increasing opportunities to practice outside the hospital setting, the role of hospital marketing in recruitment of pharmacists has increased in importance. It is the assumption of this paper that the decision behavior of prospective female recruits is different than that of male pharmacists and such perceptions influence decision behavior. It is the proposition of this paper that structural variables peculiar to hospitals must be considered when marketing strategy is set. Key literature is reviewed and conclusions reported.

Career Choice↗
PubMed1997

Jurors rate RNs. Counting the costs.

To gain a perspective on how the public views nurses' legal accountability, a group of jurors was surveyed. This study examines the conditions that RNs face, as well as their liability under these conditions.

Attitude to Health↗
PubMed1996

A portfolio approach to strategic hospital analysis: exposition and explanation.

Hospital planners rely on a number of graphic and quantitative devices to facilitate hospital strategic planning and each has its place. It is the comprehensive, user-friendly, environmental assessment models that are missing, however. This article seeks to remedy this condition through the introduction of a portfolio approach to strategic analysis. The authors review the analytical tools currently used by hospital planners to place this model in context and provide an exposition of the model and an explanation of how it is constructed and interpreted.

Catchment Area, Health↗
PubMed1990

A fair day's pay.

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Attitude of Health Personnel↗
PubMed1982

Sex differences in the effects of voluntary activity on sucrose-induced obesity.

Sedentary, adult rats of both sexes fed Purina chow and a 32% sucrose solution overate, gained excess weight and had higher Lee Indexes of obesity than control animals fed only Purina chow. The magnitude of these effects was similar in the males and females. Animals of both sexes fed the sucrose diet showed a slower rate of weight loss during food deprivation than the chow controls. Access to an activity wheel led to a reduction in caloric intake and the elimination of obesity in male rats. In the chow fed male rats activity led to a smaller, transient suppression in caloric intake and a slightly lower level of body weight than the sedentary chow controls. Access to activity did not affect body weight in the female rats in either dietary condition. Rather, both active groups of female rats appeared to compensate for the energy cost of voluntary activity by a small increase in food consumption. Long-term exposure to activity was associated with more rapid weight loss during food deprivation in both males and females. These data reveal that high levels of activity and obesity can co-exist when normal female rats are fed a palatable diet but that activity eliminates this form of obesity in the male rat.

Animals↗