title: Case study. Columbia/HCA in Florida: a national strategy played out in a $47 billion market.
abstract: The world's largest health management company controls a fourth of Florida's hospital beds and is assembling a full-fledged integrated system, including physician investors. HSL looks at Columbia's key strategies, from geographic encirclement to overwhelming purchasing power. And we listen to critics who warn that Columbia "skims the cream" and abandons communities to maximize profits.
mesh_terms: D002391:Catchment Area, Health; D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated / Q000191:economics* / Q000458:organization & administration; D004465:Economic Competition / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005431:Florida; D006273:Health Facility Merger; D006759:Hospital-Physician Joint Ventures; D006777:Hospitals, Proprietary / Q000191:economics* / Q000458:organization & administration; D007449:Investments; D008329:Managed Care Programs; D009096:Multi-Institutional Systems / Q000191:economics* / Q000458:organization & administration; D018511:Systems Integration