title: Burned on the street.
abstract: Whoosh! That's the sound of once high-flying health care stocks going up in flames. Oxford Health Plans, Columbia/HCA, PacifiCare, MedPartners, and other notables had a rough year--and they're hardly out of trouble yet. In the aftermath, analysts expect major strategic retrenching.
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Blecher
mesh_terms: D003625:Data Collection; D019981:Health Care Sector / Q000639:trends*; D006777:Hospitals, Proprietary / Q000191:economics* / Q000639:trends; D007449:Investments / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends*; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000191:economics; D009096:Multi-Institutional Systems / Q000191:economics; D014481:United States