title: Still alone after all these years. Despite integration fever, many independent hospitals remain, and some are even profitable.
abstract: While the healthcare seas roil with mergers, partnerships and care continuums, many hospitals still prefer to go it alone, and some of them are doing quite well, thanks to fortuitous locations, financial prudence, community support and strong physician relationships.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bellandi
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Jaklevic
mesh_terms: D000573:American Hospital Association; D002391:Catchment Area, Health; D003625:Data Collection; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital; D006273:Health Facility Merger; D006752:Hospital Planning / Q000639:trends*; D018578:Hospital-Physician Relations; D006764:Hospitals, Community / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends; D009096:Multi-Institutional Systems; D014481:United States