title: For-profits take root in Pa. Many hospitals need cash, and big chains have it.
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authors.lastname: Kirchheimer
mesh_terms: D002202:Capital Financing; D006273:Health Facility Merger / Q000639:trends; D006777:Hospitals, Proprietary / Q000191:economics / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D009096:Multi-Institutional Systems / Q000191:economics*; D010414:Pennsylvania