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标题：Identifying Factors Influencing a Hospital’s Decision to Adopt a Farm-to-Hospital Program
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作者：Smith, Bobby J. ; Kaiser, Harry M. ; Gómez, Miguel I. 等
期刊名称：Journal of Agribusiness
印刷版ISSN：0738-8950
出版年度：2013
页码：508-517
出版社：Journal of Agribusiness
摘要：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.
关键词：community-supported agriculture;farm-to-hospital program;locally produced fresh food;logit model