Here are seven statistics on the hospital M&A market in 2011, based on MedPAC’s report.
• There were 90 separate hospital M&A deals.
• Of those deals, 156 individual hospitals were acquired.
• Roughly 41 percent of the deals involved regional systems acquiring hospitals or other systems.
• National hospital systems were the buyers in 33 percent of transactions.
• In 16 percent of deals, hospitals acquired other individual hospitals.
• Private equity firms were the acquirers in 14 percent of deals.
• Most hospitals acquired in 2011 were small community hospitals with 160 or fewer inpatient beds, with a majority involving for-profits acquiring non-profits.
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