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Partnerships, Mergers, and Acquisitions Can Provide Benefits to Certain Hospitals and Communities

Description
Discusses challenges hospitals may face to increasing the scale of operations. Describes how partnerships, mergers, and acquisitions can help prevent hospital closure and preserve access, enhance patient care, and reduce costs. Includes examples of how four acquired hospitals in rural communities benefited from capital investments and improvements.
Date
10/2021
Type
Document
Organization
American Hospital Association
Tagged as
Access · Closures of healthcare facilities and services · Healthcare business and finance · Healthcare quality · Hospitals

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