title: Selling teaching hospitals to investor-owned hospital chains: three case studies.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Health Policy, Massachusetts General Hospital/Partners Health-Care System, Boston, USA.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Blumenthal
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Weissman
mesh_terms: D004219:District of Columbia; D005377:Financial Management, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006273:Health Facility Merger / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006275:Health Facility Planning / Q000458:organization & administration; D006777:Hospitals, Proprietary / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008145:Louisiana; D008389:Marketing of Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009096:Multi-Institutional Systems / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009329:Nebraska; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D010067:Ownership / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012106:Research / Q000458:organization & administration; D013663:Teaching / Q000458:organization & administration; D017664:Uncompensated Care