title: Faster. Stronger. Private? Stunted by politics and high costs, public hospitals convert to compete.
abstract: Public hospitals want out of politics. Executives say they need the freedom to cut costs--and deals--like everyone else. In a world where it's compete or die, many public hospitals are going private.
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authors.lastname: Hudson
mesh_terms: D006275:Health Facility Planning; D006752:Hospital Planning; D006779:Hospitals, Public / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010067:Ownership / Q000639:trends; D011332:Privatization; D014481:United States