Changes in Nonprofit Hospitals’ Finances, Operations, and Quality of Care After Using Management Consultants | Health Care Quality | JAMA | JAMA Network

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2848641

Our conversation briefly today about the money that hospitals spend on administrators reminded me of this reference, and how future that expense is. 

"Nonprofit hospitals expend substantial resources on management consultants, but there was no evidence of meaningful changes in hospital finances, operations, or quality of care."