Identifying Factors Influencing a Hospital’s Decision to Adopt a Farm-to-Hospital Program
| dc.creator | Smith, Bobby J. II | |
| dc.creator | Kaiser, Harry M. | |
| dc.creator | Gómez, Miguel I. | |
| dc.date | 2017-04-01T14:09:13Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-09T07:33:01Z | |
| dc.description | Farm-to-hospital (FTH) programs can potentially improve the economy of local communities and preserve the environment. Research on adoption of farm-to-hospital (FTH) programs is extremely limited in the agricultural and applied economics literature. Using data from our 2012 regional FTH program survey of hospital food-service directors in the Northeastern United States and from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, this study estimates a logit model to determine factors that influence a hospital’s decision to adopt an FTH program. The empirical results indicate that specific hospital characteristics and agricultural factors significantly influence a hospital’s decision to adopt. | |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.22004/ag.econ.159225 | |
| dc.identifier | https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/159225/files/ARER%202013%2012%20Smith%20AgEconPrepub.pdf | |
| dc.identifier | http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/159225 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/589564 | |
| dc.language | eng | |
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| dc.source | http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/159225 | |
| dc.title | Identifying Factors Influencing a Hospital’s Decision to Adopt a Farm-to-Hospital Program | |
| dc.type | Text |