title: The urge to merge.
abstract: More stand-alone hospitals are opting to join larger systems, while some systems are looking to pare their hospital rosters. The Central Connecticut Health Alliance is one organization that's decided to look for a partner. "We don't have margins that I believe are sustainable over time. ... We started looking for a relationship before the market collapsed," says Laurence Tanner.
authors.forename: Vince
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Galloro
mesh_terms: D004467:Economics; D018166:Health Care Reform; D006273:Health Facility Merger / Q000639:trends*; D014481:United States