title: Association of market, mission, operational, and financial factors on hospital acquisition prices: 1999 through 2001.
abstract: Since the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, there has been a decline in the number of hospital acquisitions. Using data from 1999 through 2001, we examined the relationship between market, mission, operational, and financial factors on hospital acquisition prices. Using an ordinary least squares regression model, we found that acquiring multihospital systems paid a higher price for larger hospitals with fewer unoccupied beds and greater profitability. Although only marginally significant, we also found that acquiring hospital systems paid a higher purchase price for hospitals in near urban markets and for hospitals located in the Central region of the United States. From a policy standpoint, we found no significant difference in the purchase price paid between for-profit and nonprofit hospitals.
authors.affiliation: Virginia Commonwealth University, Department of Health Administration, PO Box 980203, Richmond, USA. mccue@hsc.vcu.edu
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: McCue
authors.forename: Tae Hyun
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D004467:Economics; D006273:Health Facility Merger / Q000191:economics* / Q000639:trends; D006742:Hospital Bed Capacity / Q000191:economics; D016018:Least-Squares Analysis; D009096:Multi-Institutional Systems; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D014481:United States; D014504:Urban Health