Vanguard Health Systems
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Vanguard Health Systems | |
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Type | private |
Founded | 1997 |
Headquarters | Nashville, Tennessee, United States |
Industry | health care |
Website | vanguardhealth.com |
Vanguard Health Systems is an operator of hospitals and other medical facilities in four U.S. states: Arizona, Illinois, Massachusetts, and Texas.[1] The company's headquarters are located in Nashville, Tennessee. Vanguard owns twelve hospitals outright, including five in San Antonio, Texas and four in the Phoenix, Arizona area, and controls an additional three hospitals through joint ventures, for a total of 4,096 licensed beds (as of 2006).[2] The company was number 747 on the 2006 Fortune 1000 ranking of the largest U.S. companies.