title: Health care systems: the emperor has no clothes.
abstract: Hospitals that merged and joined systems in the last 10 years need to revisit their decisions and determine whether their good intentions have actually paid off.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fine
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Marren
mesh_terms: D019985:Benchmarking; D018672:Community Health Planning; D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006075:Governing Board; D006273:Health Facility Merger / Q000191:economics*; D006788:Hospitals, Voluntary / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008330:Management Audit; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012941:Social Responsibility; D014481:United States