A survey conducted by the accounting firm Price Waterhouse indicated that as many as 2,000 of the nation's 6,000 tertiary-care hospitals may close by 2000, throwing some pricey real estate on the market.

The deal would make Houston Northwest Medical Center, a 498-bed tertiary-care hospital, a wholly owned subsidiary of Ornda.

"There is simply no reason why a tertiary-care hospital such as ours should not do it," he said.

Aspergillus surveillance project at a large tertiary-care hospital.

"We've learned in the last five years that the more complex tertiary-care hospitals are the ones where occupancy is staying up," Dr. Frist said.

"We are a tertiary-care hospital, but we are also the region's health net," Dr. Reed said.

Walter Reed Army Medical Center (WRAMC) is a 235-bed, tertiary-care military hospital with 25-30 chronic dialysis patients.

An outbreak of cutaneous aspergillosis in a tertiary-care hospital.

"Pretty much the equivalent of any large tertiary-care hospital," she said.

It is now a 1,600-bedded, fully equipped, tertiary-care hospital with all medical and surgical specialities, serving large number of patients in the South Punjab.