title: Cool reception. Analysts question outcome of Columbia spinoff plans.
abstract: Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corp.'s long-awaited restructuring plan is leaving Wall Street unsatisfied and raising questions about what will happen to one-third of the nation's largest for-profit hospital chain. Under the plan, Columbia will be carved into five groups, with the company keeping its choicest hospitals. Three groups with a total of 108 facilities--which haven't performed as well overall--will be spun off.
authors.forename: P B
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Limbacher
mesh_terms: D004465:Economic Competition; D006754:Hospital Restructuring; D006777:Hospitals, Proprietary / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007449:Investments; D009096:Multi-Institutional Systems / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States