NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Link to Fitch Ratings' Report: Hospital Consolidation to Continue; REITs to Fund https://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=870982 The monetization of real estate portfolios is not a new trend among operators of acute care hospitals, but it has recently become a larger part of their growth strategy, according to Fitch Ratings. REITs will likely become a source of incremental capital to fund expansion and consolidation. REITs would seem to