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The multi-hospital chains are defined as:
companies that run two or more community,
acute care (medical/surgical) hospitals.

The identified chains are based on the latest update of the
Williamson Institute (VCU Department of Health Administration)
database on hospitals, hospital systems, and markets,
which update was completed in December of 2005.

PDF: Chains by the # of hospitals, # of states, and # of markets -- 2005


Not-for-Profit Systems
For-Profit Systems
Catholic Systems

Not-for-Profit Systems

Adena Health System
Adventist Health System
Adventist HealthCare-Mid Atlant
Adventist Health-West
Advocate Health Care
Affiliated Health Services
Akron General Health System
Alegent Health
Allina
Altoona Regional Health System
Appalachian Regional Healthcare
Archbold Medical Center
Asante Health System
Atlantic Health Systems, Inc
Aurora Health Care, Inc.
Banner Health
Baptist Health
Baptist Health Care
Baptist Healthcare System
Baptist Health System
Baptist Health System of East Tennessee
Baptist Health System - Florida
Baptist Health Systems
Baptist Health Systems of South Florida
Baptist Memorial Healthcare Corp
Bassett Healthcare
Baton Rouge General Medical Center
BayCare Health System
Bayhealth Medical Center
Baylor Health Care System
Baystate Health System
Beaumont Hospitals
Berkshire Health Systems
BJC Health System
Blanchard Valley Health Association
Bloomington Hospital & Healthcare System
Blue Mountain Health System
BroMenn Healthcare
BryanLGH Health System
Cambridge Health Alliance
Cape Cod Healthcare
Capital Health Systems
Cardinal Health System
CareGroup Healthcare System
Carilion Health System
Carolinas HealthCare System
Cascade Healthcare Community
Centegra Health System
Centra Health, Inc
Central Maine Medical Center
Centura Health
Charleston Area Medical Center Health System
Children's Hospital & Clinics
Christiana Care Health System
Citrus Valley Health Partners
Clarian Health
Cleveland Clinic
CMH Community Memorial Hospital
Coffee Health Group
Commonwealth Health Corporation
Community Healthcare System
Community Health Corporation
Community Health Network
Community Health Network (Indianapolis)
Community Medical Centers
Conemaugh Health System
Continuum Health Partners
Cook County Hospital Commission
Cottage Health System
Covenant Health
Covenant HealthCare
Cox Health Systems
Crozer-Keystone Health System
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Alliance
Davis Health System
DCH Health System
Deaconess Billings Clinic
Dekalb Medical Center
Delta Regional Medical Center
Detroit Medical Center
Dimensions Health Corporation
Duke University Health System
Eastern Connecticut Health Network
Eastern Maine Healthcare

East Texas Medical Center
EMH Regional Healthcare System
Emory Healthcare
Empire Health Services
Erlanger Health System
Evanston Northwestern Healthcare
Exempla Healthcare
Fairview Health Services
Finger Lakes Health
FirstHealth of the Carolinas
Forum Health
Freeman Health System
Fremont-Rideout Heath Group
Froedtert & Community Health
Geisinger Health System
Genesis Health System
Georgetown Hospital System
Greater Hazelton Health Alliance
Great Plains Health Alliance, Inc.
Greenville Hospital System
Gundersen Lutheran
Guthrie Healthcare System
Gwinnett Medical Center

Hallmark Health System
Hamilton Health Care System
Harris County Hospital District
Hartford Health Care Corporation
Hawaii Health Systems Corporation
Hawaii Pacific Health
Health Alliance - Cincinnati
HealthEast Care System
Health First
Health Quest
HealthSystem Minnesota
Henry Ford Health System
Heritage Valley Health System
Houston Healthcare Complex
Huntsville Hospital
Infirmary Health System, Inc
INOVA Health System
Integris Health
Intermountain Health Care
Iowa Health System
Ivy Creek Health System
Jackson Health System-Public Hlth Trust
Jefferson Health System
Jewish Hospital Health Network
John C. Lincoln Health Network
John Muir-Mount Diablo Health System
The Johns Hopkins Hospital & Health System
Kaiser Permanente
Kaleida Health
Kennedy Health System
Kettering Medical Center Network (Adventist Healthcare)
Kishwaukee Health System
Lake Hospital System
Lakeland Regional Health System
Lancaster General
Lee Memorial Health System
Legacy Health System
Lehigh Valley Health Network
Liberty Health Care System
LifeBridge Health
Lifespan
Los Angeles County Department of Health Services
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
LRGHealthcare
MaineGeneral Health
MaineHealth
Marshall Medical Centers
Martin Memorial Health Systems
Maury Regional Healthcare System
Mayo Health System
McLaren Health Care Corporation
McLeod Health
MedCentral Health System
MedStar Health
MemorialCare
Memorial Healthcare System (S. Broward)
Memorial Health System of East Texas
Memorial Health System, Springfield
Memorial Hermann
Mercy Health System
Meridian Health System
Methodist Healthcare
Methodist Health Care System
Methodist Health System-Nebraska
Methodist Hospital
The Methodist Hospitals
Methodist Health System
Midland Memorial Healthcare System
MidMichigan Health
Mission Hospitals
Mohawk Valley Network Inc
Montefiore Medical Center
Moses Cone Health System
Mountain States Health Alliance
Mount Sinai Medical Center & Miami Heart Institute
Mount Sinai NY Health System
Multicare Health System
Munson Healthcare, Inc
NCH Healthcare System
Nebraska Health System
New Hanover Health Network
New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation
New York-Presbyterian Healthcare System
North Bay Healthcare
North Broward Hospital District
North Carolina Baptist Hospital
Northeast Georgia MC & Health System
Northeast Health
Northeast Health Systems
Northeast Montana Health Services
Northern Arizona Healthcare
North Mississippi Health Services
North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System
Northside Hospital
Norton Community Hospital
Norton Healthcare (Alliant)
Novant Health System
Oakwood Healthcare System
OhioHealth
Ohio Valley Health & Education Services
Orange Regional Medical Center
Orlando Regional Healthcare
OSU Hospitals
Palllottine Health Services Inc.
Palmetto Health
Palomar-Pomerado Health
Parkview Health
Partners HealthCare System
Piedmont Hospital System
Pinnacle Healthcare, Inc.
PinnacleHealth System
Porter Memorial Health System
Preferred Management Corp
Presbyterian Healthcare Services
Princeton Community Hospital
ProHealth Care, Inc.
ProMedica Health System
The Queen's Health System
Rapid City Regional Hospital System of Care
Raritan Bay Medical Center
Riverside Health System
Robert Wood Johnson Health System
Rural Healthcare Management
Rush System for Health
Saint Luke's Health System
Salina Regional Health Center
Samaritan Health Services
Scottsdale Healthcare
ScrippsHealth
Sentara
Shands HealthCare
Sharp Healthcare
Shore Health System
Singing River Hospital System
Sioux Valley Hospitals & Health System
Solaris Health System
Southcoast Health System
Southeast Georgia Health System
Southern California HealthCare Systems
Southern Illinois Healthcare
South Georgia Health System
South Jersey Health System
Sparrow Health System
Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System
Spectrum Health
Stanford Health Care
St Barnabas Health Care System
Stellaris Health
St Joseph's/Candler Health System
St. Luke's - Boise
St Luke's Cornwall Hospital
St. Luke's Episcopal Health System
St Lukes Hospital & Health Network
St Mary's/Duluth Clinic Health System
Strong Health
Summa Health System
Summit Health
Sun Health
Susquehanna Health System
Sutter Health
Swedish Health System
Tanner Health System
Temple University Health System
Texas Health Resources
TLC Health Network
TMC - Truman Medical Centers
UAB Health System
UMASS Memorial Health Care
UNC Health Care
Union Hospital Health Group
United Health Services, Inc
United Regional Health Care System
University of California Health System
University of Chicago Hospitals and Health System
University Community Health
University of Colorado Hospital
University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina
University Hospitals Health System
University Hospitals of SUNY
University of Maryland Medical System
University of Mississippi Hospitals & Clinics
University of Missouri Health Care
University of Pennsylvania Health System
University of South Alabama Hospitals
University of Texas Health System
University of Washington Academic Medical Center
UPMC Health System
Upper Chesapeake Health System
Valley Baptist Health System

ValleyCare Health System
Valley Health System - Riverside
Valley Health - Virginia
ViaHealth
Virtua Health
WakeMed
Wellmont Health System
Wellspan Health
Wellstar Health System
WestCare Health System
Western Maryland Health System
Westmoreland-Latrobe Health Partners

West Penn Allegheny Health System
West Tennessee Healthcare
West Virginia United Health System
Wheeling Hospital
White County Medical Center
White River Health System
Willis-Knighton Health System
Wilson N. Jones Medical Center
Winthrop-South Nassau University Health System, Inc.
Wuesthoff Health System
Yale New Haven Health

For-Profit Systems

Accord Health Care Corporation
AHMC Inc.
Alta Healthcare Systems
American MedTrust
Ameris Health Systems
Ardent Health Services
Associated Healthcare Systems
Atlanticare Health System
Attentus Healthcare
Capella Healthcare
Centinela Freeman HealthSystem
Community Health Systems, Inc.
DasSee Community Health System
Doctors Community Healthcare Corporation
Dynacq Healthcare, Inc.
Essent Healthcare
Gilliard Health Services
HCA
Health Management Associates

HealthPlus Corporation
Hospital Partners of America Inc.
Iasis Healthcare
Integrated Healthcare Holdings, Inc.
Karykeion
Leland Medical Centers
LifePoint Hospitals, Inc.
Medical Properties Trust, Inc.
Merit Health Systems
Mid Atlantic Health Management
Pacer Health
Pacific Health Corporation
Resurgence Health Group
Signature Hospital LLC
St. Francis Healthcare System of Hawaii
Sumner Regional Health System
SunLink Healthcare Corporation
Tenet
ThedaCare
Triad Hospitals, Inc.
Ty Cobb Healthcare System, Inc.
Universal Health Services, Inc
Vanguard Health Systems

Catholic Systems

Agnesian HealthCare
Alexian Brothers Health System
Ascension Health
Avera Health
Benedictine Health System
Benedictine Sisters of the Annunciation
Bon Secours Health System
Caritas Christi Health Care System
Cathedral Healthcare System, Inc.
Catholic Healthcare Partners
Catholic Health Care System
Catholic Healthcare West
Catholic Health East
Catholic Health Initiatives
Catholic Health Services of Long Island
CentraCare Health System

Christus Health
Covenant Health System
Daughters of Charity Health System
Franciscan Health Care Ministries, Inc.
Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System
Franciscan Services Corporation
Hospital Sisters Health System
Little Company of Mary Health System

Marian-St Clare's Health Services
Marian-St John's Health System
Ministry Health Care
OSF Healthcare System
PeaceHealth
Provena Health
Providence Health System
Providence Services
Religious Hospitallers of St Joseph
Resurrection Health Care
Saint Francis Care
Saint Francis Health System-Oklahoma
Saint Joseph's Healthcare System
Saint Vincent Health System
Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth
Sisters of Charity Providence Hospital
Sisters of Mary of the Presentation
Sisters of Mercy Health System
Sisters of Mercy of the Americas-Chicago Province
Sisters of St Francis Health Services
Sisters of the 3rd Franciscan
SSM Health Care System

St Joseph Health System
St Vincent's Catholic Medical Centers of NY
Trinity Health
Via Christi Health System
Wheaton Franciscan Services Inc

Updated December 2005

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Roice D. Luke, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Health Administration
Virginia Commonwealth University