Blackstone Erwin A, Fuhr Joseph P
Temple University, USA.
J Health Law. 2003 Spring;36(2):301-24.
The spate of hospital mergers in recent years has yielded both substantial increases in market power and many divestitures. These seemingly contradictory results stem from the pressures imposed by stakeholders of merging hospitals and the inability of those stakeholders to exert control over nonprofit institutions prior to the effectuation of a merger. This Article examines several recent mergers, analyses their failures, and recommends that the judiciary and state attorneys general look carefully at merging nonprofits so as to fill the void left by the lack of market control mechanisms.
近年来大量的医院合并既带来了市场力量的大幅增强，也导致了许多资产剥离。这些看似矛盾的结果源于合并医院的利益相关者所施加的压力，以及这些利益相关者在合并实施之前无法对非营利性机构施加控制。本文研究了近期的几起合并案例，分析了它们的失败之处，并建议司法机构和州检察长仔细审视合并中的非营利组织，以填补缺乏市场控制机制所留下的空白。
