EXHIBIT 21.1

                       Subsidiaries of Registrant
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Subsidiary
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Hospital Management Associates, Inc., a Kentucky Corporation 
Health ManagementAssociates, Inc., a Kentucky Corporation 
Sebring Hospital Management Associates,Inc., a Florida Corporation 
Mooresville Hospital Management Associates, Inc., a North Carolina Corporation 
Marathon HMA, Inc., a Florida Corporation 
Louisburg HMA, Inc., a North Carolina Corporation 
Orlando HMA, Inc., a Florida Corporation 
Biloxi HMA, Inc., a Mississippi Corporation 
Health Management Investments, Inc.,a Delaware Corporation 
Gaffney HMA, Inc., a South Carolina Corporation 
Durant HMA, Inc., an Oklahoma Corporation 
Van Buren HMA, Inc., an Arkansas Corporation
Hamlet HMA, Inc., a North Carolina Corporation
Health Management Associates of West Virginia, Inc., a West Virginia Corporation
Paintsville Hospital Company, a Kentucky Corporation 
Coffee Hospital Management Associates, Inc., a Tennessee Corporation 
Riverview Regional Medical Center, Inc., an Alabama Corporation 
Topeka HMA, Inc., a Kansas Corporation 
Haines City HMA, Inc., a Florida Corporation 
Natchez Community Hospital, Inc. a Mississippi Corporation 
Sebastian Hospital, Inc., a Florida Corporation 
Punta Gorda HMA, Inc., a Florida Corporation 
Hartsville HMA, Inc., a South Carolina Corporation
Statesboro HMA, Inc., a Georgia Corporation 
Clarksdale HMA, Inc., a Mississippi Corporation 
Midwest City HMA, Inc., an Oklahoma Corporation 
Brandon HMA, Inc., a Mississippi Corporation 
Anniston HMA, Inc., an Alabama Corporation 
Little Rock HMA, Inc., an Arkansas Corporation 
Meridian HMA, Inc., a Mississippi Corporation
Meridian HMA Nursing Home, Inc., a Mississippi Corporation 
River Oaks Hospital, Inc., a Mississippi Corporation 
ROH, Inc., a Mississippi Corporation 
River Oaks Management Company, a Mississippi Corporation 
Hernando HMA, Inc., a Florida Corporation

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