title: For-profits. The right medicine for some markets?
abstract: The aggressive systems-building strategies the nation's large for-profit systems are pursuing are shaking up markets across the country. But while some have accused the for-profits of focusing on empire-building, the reality of their strategic implementations is surprisingly complex.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lumsdon
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hagland
mesh_terms: D002391:Catchment Area, Health / Q000191:economics; D004465:Economic Competition / Q000639:trends; D006273:Health Facility Merger / Q000639:trends; D006777:Hospitals, Proprietary / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends; D008389:Marketing of Health Services / Q000639:trends; D009096:Multi-Institutional Systems / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D010067:Ownership / Q000639:trends; D014481:United States