In Roanoke, Va., one company owns the city's two hospitals and six others in a region of 250,000 residents, commanding the area's largest economic engine and a workforce that includes 550 doctors, The Washington Post reports. Carilion Clinic's consolidation has sparked a local row: Is this the future of integrated, efficient health care delivery, or is it a gilded-age style monopoly?
http://www.news-medical.net/news/20100816/Washington-Post-Debate-over-whether-big-health-systems-help-cut-costs.aspx
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