title: National chains: why the experts were wrong.
abstract: Contrary to healthcare experts' predictions that a few nationwide hospital chains would dominate the industry by the beginning of this decade, local clusters now prevail in the marketplace.
authors: R I
authors: RI
authors: Murrie
mesh_terms: D006751:Hospital Information Systems / Q000639:trends*; D009096:Multi-Institutional Systems / Q000639:trends*; D014481:United States