title: "We're not Columbia". Tenet and other chains stand to profit from their competitor's troubles. But how different are they?
abstract: Tenet Healthcare bills itself as the kinder, gentler alternative to the nation's #1 for-profit hospital chain--ethically hip and financially strong. That helps woo hospital and community leaders who fear the specter of heavy-handed investor ownership. But is Tenet really all that different?
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authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Meyer
mesh_terms: D000533:Altruism; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D003625:Data Collection; D003953:Diagnosis-Related Groups / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004465:Economic Competition; D006273:Health Facility Merger; D006777:Hospitals, Proprietary / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D007182:Income / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D009096:Multi-Institutional Systems / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012941:Social Responsibility; D014481:United States