1.   But Dudley said hospitals and local mental health administrators jointly decide when to release troubled children.

2.   But finally, last month, the hospital said new tests had found high levels of carbon monoxide.

3.   He said hospitals and doctor groups were merging into oligopolies and raising prices.

4.   Health Midwest said other hospitals nearby could serve area residents.

5.   HMOs and insurers say hospitals and doctors would be given an unfair competitive advantage under the House bill, and consumers would end up paying for it.

6.   Labor lawyers say hospitals, prevented by union contracts or the fear of bad publicity from dismissing senior employees, often demote them and cut their pay.

7.   Note that I said hospital.

8.   The panel, saying the hospitals delivered inefficient, low-quality care, called last week for abolition of the whole system.

9.   UC spokesman Chuck McFadden said university hospitals and some other facilities were exempt from blackouts, but classrooms and administrative offices could go dark when supplies dropped.

10.   Under new federal health regulations, Westin said hospitals and other health care organizations must appoint a key privacy coordinator by next year.