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Trends In Hospital Consolidation: The Formation Of Local Systems

View larger version (23K): [in a new window]   EXHIBIT 1 Number Of U.S. Hospitals Involved In A Merger Or Acquisition, 1994–2000 SOURCES: American Hospital Association Annual Survey of Hospitals, 1995–2000; and Irving Levin Associates, "The Health Care Acquisition Report," 1999 and 2000 announced transactions.

View larger version (17K): [in a new window]   EXHIBIT 2 General, Acute, Nongovernmental Hospitals, By System Type, 1995 And 2000 SOURCE: American Hospital Association Annual Survey of Hospitals, 1995 and 2000.

View larger version (21K): [in a new window]   EXHIBIT 3 Trends In General, Acute, Nongovernmental Hospital Admissions And Total Number Of Beds, By System Type, 1995 And 2000 SOURCE: American Hospital Association Annual Survey of Hospitals, 1995 and 2000.

View larger version (20K): [in a new window]   EXHIBIT 4 Trends In General, Acute, Nongovernmental Hospital System Types, By Ownership Status, 1995 And 2000 SOURCE: American Hospital Association Annual Survey of Hospitals, 1995 and 2000.

View larger version (21K): [in a new window]   EXHIBIT 5 Percentage Of Admissions From General, Acute, Nongovernmental Hospitals In Systems With At Least One Local System Partner, In Selected U.S. Metropolitan Statistical Areas, 2000 SOURCE: American Hospital Association Annual Survey of Hospitals, 2000.

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