title: Street wise. Wall Street: where health care is suddenly hot.
abstract: With market-driven reform sweeping the health care field, Wall Street is betting on those hospital systems that are revamping themselves for cost-effectiveness and demonstrated value to payers. Analysts are encouraged by such markers as overcapacity shrinkage, full-asset mergers and hospital swaps. And they're positively bullish on Columbia/HCA.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cerne
mesh_terms: D005379:Financing, Construction / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006269:Health Facilities, Proprietary / Q000191:economics*; D006273:Health Facility Merger; D006788:Hospitals, Voluntary / Q000191:economics; D007449:Investments / Q000639:trends*; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000191:economics; D009096:Multi-Institutional Systems / Q000191:economics*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D014481:United States