CEO SUMMARY: Probably the single biggest contributing factor to consolidation of hospital laboratories is when new owners or new healthcare systems take control of a hospital. For 2000, merger and acquisition activity in the hospital industry declined in 2000 by 40%. A total of 318 hospitals were involved in the 129 deals. This decline in […]
Number of Hospital Deals Declines Again in 2000
44 hospitals were closed during the year, the largest number of closures since 1992
- By Robert Michel
- > From the Volume VIII No. 1 - January 15, 2001 Issue
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