title: Get yourself a dog: a strategy for avoiding acquisition.
authors.affiliation: Compass Group, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Fenner
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Basford
mesh_terms: D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D004465:Economic Competition; D006273:Health Facility Merger; D006752:Hospital Planning; D006764:Hospitals, Community / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D010067:Ownership; D012941:Social Responsibility; D014481:United States