title: A bigger piece of the pie. For-profit facilities climb to 16% of all community hospitals, as not-for-profits struggle with access to capital, rural challenges.
abstract: The percentage of investor-owned hospitals is at an all-time high, helped in part by sales of not-for-profit facilities. Hillcrest HealthCare System's board decided to sell 10 of its hospitals after taking a hard look at its finances. "We weren't concerned about the short term, but the long term," Don Lorack, left, said.
authors.forename: Vince
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Galloro
mesh_terms: D002202:Capital Financing; D002608:Charities / Q000191:economics; D003625:Data Collection; D006275:Health Facility Planning / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006777:Hospitals, Proprietary / Q000191:economics / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D006788:Hospitals, Voluntary / Q000191:economics / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D010067:Ownership / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends; D014481:United States