title: System divorces on rise. Unscrambling deals is messy and contentious.
abstract: The mass merger movement of the 1990s has hit the wall. More and more systems are taking a hard look at what their expensive deals have wrought, and are finding they don't like what they see. Disbanding systems are facing messy problems, and there are many questions as to whether de-merged hospitals can make it on their own.
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Moore
mesh_terms: D015510:Clinical Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D006273:Health Facility Merger / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends; D006275:Health Facility Planning; D009096:Multi-Institutional Systems / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends; D015279:Organizational Culture; D018511:Systems Integration; D014481:United States