title: Off the beaten path. More for-profit hospital companies traveling to rural markets.
abstract: More for-profit chains are making rural hospital acquisitions a key strategy, and they're building up steam. For example, little-known New American Healthcare Corp. of Brentwood, Tenn., more than doubled its size this year through a single acquisition of five hospitals. Meanwhile, Health Management Associates, Quorum Health Group and Community Health Systems continue to expand.
authors.forename: P B
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Limbacher
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