Vanguard Health Systems

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Vanguard Health Systems
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.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Hospitals. Vanguard Health Systems. Retrieved on 2007-05-12.
  2. ^ Annual Report on SEC form 10-K (June 30, 2006). Retrieved on 2007-05-12. Figures adjusted to account for three hospitals sold later in 2006.