title: A year of more and less. Number of hospital deals drops, but more facilities change hands. 1998 hospital mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, long-term leases and other partnerships.
abstract: 1998 wasn't quite as busy a year for hospital dealmakers as 1997, but those who went shopping bought in volume. Although the number of deals decreased by almost 9%, 687 hospitals changed hands last year, according to our fifth annual tally of merger and acquisition activity.
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authors.lastname: Bellandi
mesh_terms: D003625:Data Collection; D004181:Directories as Topic; D006273:Health Facility Merger / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends; D014481:United States