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Mod Healthc. 1998 May 25;28(21):2-3, 12.
While the nation's largest for-profit chain retrenches, members of a not-for-profit healthcare consortium are barreling ahead to solidify their market positions. Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corp. and the eight-member buying group last week disclosed details of an agreement that will result in the sale of 22 hospitals in Columbia's 45-hospital Atlantic Group. The consortium will pay $1.2 billion in cash.
在全国最大的营利性连锁机构进行收缩调整之际，一个非营利性医疗保健联盟的成员正加速巩固其市场地位。哥伦比亚/HCA医疗保健公司与这个由八家机构组成的采购集团上周披露了一项协议的细节，该协议将导致出售哥伦比亚45家医院组成的大西洋集团中的22家医院。该联盟将支付12亿美元现金。
