title: Bracing for impact: the renal community awaits the effects of the latest mergers.
authors.forename: Keith
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Chartier
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ballesteros
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Neumann
mesh_terms: D001130:Arizona; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D004465:Economic Competition; D006273:Health Facility Merger / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends*; D006436:Hemodialysis Units, Hospital / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D018570:Risk Assessment