title: In new American Healthcare Corp.'s book, rural's better.
abstract: Giant hospital chains like Columbia/HCA are continuing to sell off the urban facilities they purchased over the past few years, but several smaller chains are continuing to grow and thrive by acquiring rural hospitals. Ed Egger writes about one of them, New American Healthcare Corporation.
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authors.lastname: Egger
mesh_terms: D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006273:Health Facility Merger / Q000639:trends; D006780:Hospitals, Rural / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D009096:Multi-Institutional Systems / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D009935:Organizational Affiliation / Q000639:trends*; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D014481:United States