title: Communities strike back. Residents oppose ceding control to outside not-for-profit chains.
abstract: "We want our hospital back!" is the rallying cry in more communities as they fight outsider not-for-profit healthcare systems for control of their local hospitals. To date, most of the policy debate has centered on acquisitions of community hospitals by for-profit chains. But the rapid development of regional systems, which merge a number of once-independent hospitals, means even more bitter clashes lie ahead involving deals with the not-for-profit sector.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Scott
mesh_terms: D003256:Community Participation; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D006075:Governing Board; D006273:Health Facility Merger / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006764:Hospitals, Community / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006777:Hospitals, Proprietary; D009096:Multi-Institutional Systems / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States