title: Investor-owned chains seek rich rural harvest.
abstract: Rural and other nonurban hospitals have become hot acquisition targets for investor-owned healthcare companies. And when it comes to this turf, no company has been as successful as Naples, Fla.-based Health Management Associates, which is lead by William Schoen.
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authors.lastname: Japsen
mesh_terms: D006273:Health Facility Merger / Q000639:trends*; D006777:Hospitals, Proprietary / Q000639:trends*; D006780:Hospitals, Rural / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009096:Multi-Institutional Systems / Q000639:trends*; D014481:United States