ROANOKE TIMES

                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: FRIDAY, July 23, 1993                   TAG: 9307230028
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B2   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
SOURCE: 
DATELINE: CHARLOTTESVILLE                                LENGTH: Short


HOSPITALS WANT SPLIT FROM STATE BUREAUCRACY

Virginia's teaching hospitals are considering severing their state government ties.

They say their connection to state bureaucracy means a lack of flexibility and timely decision-making in an increasingly competitive health care system.

- Associated Press



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