Cost containment must be a policy decision made and closely monitored by the governing board. This report, incorporating suggestions made by participants in the Second Annual AHA Conference on Hospital Governance, focuses on five aspects of the board's responsibility: organizing for cost containment, keeping informed, challenging the administration and the medical staff to do the job, supporting the staff, and serving as public spokesmen on hospital cost containment.
成本控制必须是管理委员会做出并密切监督的政策决策。本报告纳入了第二届美国医院协会年度医院管理会议参与者提出的建议，重点关注管理委员会责任的五个方面：组织成本控制、保持信息畅通、要求管理层和医务人员履行职责、支持员工以及担任医院成本控制方面的公众发言人。
