However, patients may need to travel farther if those services are no longer offered at their local hospital.
[3][4][5] Hospital networks that do not have reliable sources may not be included; these are not necessarily complete lists.
The largest hospital networks headquartered in the United States are included in the table below.
The name, headquarters location, number of hospitals, funding type and founding year are given for each network.
[39][40] Notes: A new grouping of hospitals was announced by the Irish Minister for Health, Dr. James Reilly TD in May 2013, as part of a restructure of Irish public hospitals and a goal of delivering better patient care:[48][49]