title: Multihospital systems in the '80s--the new shape of the health care industry.
abstract: Considering the major challenges that face hospitals during the 1980s--reimbursement shortfalls, capital acquisition, replacement of obsolete facilities, and more--it seems most likely that investor-owned and not-for-profit multihospital systems will begin to replace freestanding hospitals as the dominant organizational form in the health care industry.
mesh_terms: D002202:Capital Financing / Q000639:trends; D005380:Financing, Government / Q000639:trends; D006777:Hospitals, Proprietary / Q000639:trends; D006788:Hospitals, Voluntary / Q000639:trends; D009096:Multi-Institutional Systems / Q000639:trends*; D014481:United States