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Article: Moving abroad: Columbia looks for opportunities to expand overseas.(Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corp.)
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- Modern Healthcare
- Article date:
- June 23, 1997
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Columbia looks for opportunities to expand overseas
Overseas holdings represent a fraction of its total operations, but Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corp.'s explorations into worldwide markets are picking up steam.
While Columbia's hospital acquisitions have slowed in the U.S., the Nashville-based healthcare company is taking a closer look at opportunities in other countries. It plans to accelerate acquisitions and new ventures in international arenas, markets that are being ignored by other U.S. healthcare provider services companies. Domestically, Columbia's acquisitions of not-for-profit hospitals practically were cut in half last year compared with 1995 ...