Here are statistics on the number of announced hospital mergers and acquisitions (deals) from 1998-2007, according to an American Hospital Association and Avalere analysis of data from The Health Care Acquisition Report by Irving Levin Associates.
| Year |
Number of deals |
Number of hospitals |
| 1998 | 139 |
287 |
| 1999 |
110 |
175 |
| 2000 |
86 |
132 |
| 2001 |
83 |
118 |
| 2002 |
58 |
101 |
| 2003 |
38 |
56 |
| 2004 |
59 |
236 |
| 2005 |
51 |
88 |
| 2006 |
57 |
249 |
| 2007 |
58 |
149 |
Source: AHA and Avalere's Trendwatch Chartbook 2009.