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SANOFI / MANAGED CARE DIGEST SERIES® / WHERE INFORMATION BECOMES INTELLIGENCE.™ HOSPITALS/SYSTEMS DIGEST 2013
Multihospital systems (MHSs) are chains that
own two or more institutions. An MHS can be
not-for-profit, for-profit (investor-owned) or
government-owned. The number of hospitals
in MHSs has grown annually since 2004 and
climbed a notable 8.5% between 2010 (2,944)
and 2011 (3,195)—the steepest annual rate of the
10 years profiled. System affiliation is attractive
to hospitals for a variety of reasons, but the
emphasis that the Affordable Care Act (ACA)
places on integration among hospitals and
other providers is likely chief among them.
Information technology requirements and
risk-sharing provisions outlined in the ACA will
likely further encourage the centralization of
these providers through system participation.
Hospitals in
multihospital systems
Backgrounder
Number of U.S. Hospitals In and Out of MHSs, 2002–2011
LONG-TERM TREND
1,900
2,250
2,600
2,950
3,300
Number of Hospitals
2,447 2,482
2,410
2,568 2,573
2,665
2,798
2,900
2,944
3,195
2,561 2,539 2,512
2,388
2,338 2,370 2,350 2,332
2,237
2,016
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Hospitals in an MHS Hospitals not in an MHS
Data source: IMS Health © 2013