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Hospital Conversion
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BACKGROUND/ISSUES

Description from Guide to Communities Considering Hospital Conversion

Wiley & Sons, Inc. "Mergers, Acquisitions, and Corporate Restructurings."
Article - Reasons, types, approval process, negotiations.
Health Care and Antitrust Law "Mergers in the Healthcare Sector."
Chapter - 1996. Economic effects, buyers, services, and general results of a merger.
HSR: Health Services Research "Hospital Mergers and Market Overlap."
Article - 1997. Characteristics that influence mergers.

PROCESS

Healthcare Financial Management "Analyzing and Executing Mergers and Acquisitions."
Trustee "What to Ask Before a Merger."
Article - Medical staff reaction, primary objective, role of board, financial viability.
Modern Healthcare "What's It Worth?"
Article - $$. How auditors estimates over savings differ.

REGULATION

IMPACT

Economic and Social Research Institute Jan. 1998
"Assessing the Early Impact of Hospital Mergers"
by Elliot K. Wicks, Jack A. Meyer, Marcia Carlyn
Report - Executive summary studying merger effects on downsizing of health care industry.
Health Progress "Merger and Autonomy: Reaping the Benefits of Both."
Article - Catholic-sponsored systems can merge and still keep mission.
Health Affairs "What Types of Mergers Save Consumers Money?"
Article - Antitrust scrutiny, horizontal mergers, prices and costs.
Alpha Center: Findings Brief "A Tale of Two Cities: Hospital Mergers in St. Louis and Philadelphia Not Reducing Excess Capacity."
Article - 1998. Evolution of a merger, alternative reasons mergers take place.

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