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The purpose of this paper is to discuss these issues.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Design\/methodology\/approach<\/jats:title><jats:p>Utilizing a sample of 109 hospitals, cluster analysis is used to accomplish the objective of this study.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Findings<\/jats:title><jats:p>Four strategic groups of hospitals were identified. 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