title: Stock buybacks take a toll on ratings. Analysts question whether hospital companies' repurchasing strategy may be avoiding issues.
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authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kirchheimer
mesh_terms: D002202:Capital Financing / Q000639:trends; D006777:Hospitals, Proprietary / Q000191:economics* / Q000639:trends; D007449:Investments / Q000145:classification / Q000639:trends*; D014481:United States