title: Hospitals face tough issues in years following mergers.
abstract: Despite fears in recent years that the federal government and courts would make hospital mergers impossible, mergers are continuing to take place at a regular pace. But what happens in the aftermath of a hospital merger--both to the hospitals involved and to their communities? Four case studies explore the difficult issues that hospitals face. In addition, we take a look at the Roanoke and Rockford cases, and what the hospitals involved are doing today.
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Anderson
mesh_terms: D016361:Bankruptcy; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D004651:Employment; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006273:Health Facility Merger / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009096:Multi-Institutional Systems / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States