title: Another record year for dealmaking. Activity among medium-size companies fuels continued drive toward consolidation.
abstract: The nation's hospitals continued to change hands at a record-setting pace in 1996, according to Modern Healthcare's third annual list of healthcare transactions. The bulk of this year's deals came from an increased number of corporate deals by medium-size companies.
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authors.lastname: Japsen
mesh_terms: D003625:Data Collection; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006273:Health Facility Merger / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006759:Hospital-Physician Joint Ventures / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D007860:Leasing, Property / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014481:United States