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                                                                      EXHIBIT 21


DIRECT AND INDIRECT SUBSIDIARIES OF QUORUM HEALTH GROUP, INC.

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Name                                                                           Organization
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American Health Facilities Development, LLC                                     Delaware

Barberton Health System LLC                                                     Delaware
         (d/b/a Barberton Citizens Hospital)

Baton Rouge Health System LLC                                                   Delaware
         (d/b/a Summit Hospital)

Carolinas Medical Alliance, Inc.                                                South Carolina

Clinton County Health System LLC                                                Delaware
         (d/b/a Clinton County Hospital)

Frankfort Health Partner, Inc.                                                  Indiana

Gadsden Regional Primary Care, Inc.                                             Alabama

Health Systems Associates, Inc.                                                 Tennessee

Hospital Management Professionals, Inc.                                         Tennessee

IOM Health System, L.P.                                                         Indiana
         (d/b/a Lutheran Hospital of Indiana)

Mary Black Health System LLC                                                    Delaware
         (d/b/a Mary Black Memorial Hospital)

Massillon Health System LLC                                                     Delaware
         (d/b/a Doctors Hospital of Stark County)

Minot Health Services, Inc.                                                     North Dakota

NC-CSH, Inc.                                                                    California

NC-DSH, Inc.                                                                    Nevada

NC-SCHI, Inc.                                                                   Georgia
         (d/b/a Abilene Regional Medical Center)

Pee Dee Family Practice, Inc.                                                   South Carolina

QHG Georgia Holdings, Inc.                                                      Georgia

QHG Georgia, LP                                                                 Georgia

QHG of Alabama, Inc.                                                            Alabama
         (d/b/a Flowers Hospital)
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QHG of Barberton, Inc.                                                          Ohio

QHG of Baton Rouge, Inc.                                                        Louisiana

QHG of Clinton County, Inc.                                                     Indiana


QHG of Enterprise, Inc.                                                         Alabama
         (d/b/a Medical Center Enterprise)

QHG of Forrest County, Inc.                                                     Mississippi

QHG of Fort Wayne, Inc.                                                         Indiana

QHG of Gadsden, Inc.                                                            Alabama
         (d/b/a Gadsden Regional Medical Center)

QHG of Hattiesburg, Inc.                                                        Mississippi

QHG of Indiana, Inc.                                                            Indiana

QHG of Jacksonville, Inc.                                                       Alabama
         (d/b/a Jacksonville Hospital)

QHG of Kenmare, Inc.                                                            North Dakota
         (d/b/a Kenmare Community Hospital)

QHG of Lake City, Inc.                                                          South Carolina
         (d/b/a Carolinas Hospital System - Lake City)
         (d/b/a Carolinas Hospital System - Kingstree)

QHG of Massillon, Inc.                                                          Ohio

QHG of Minot, Inc.                                                              North Dakota
         (d/b/a Unimed Medical Center-St. Joseph's Hospital)

QHG of Nebraska, Inc.                                                           Nebraska

QHG of Ohio, Inc.                                                               Ohio

QHG of South Carolina, Inc.                                                     South Carolina
         (d/b/a Carolinas Hospital System)

QHG of Spartanburg, Inc.                                                        South Carolina

QHG of Springdale, Inc.                                                         Arkansas
         (d/b/a Northwest Medical Center)
         (d/b/a Bates Medical Center)

QHG of Texas, Inc.                                                              Texas

QHG of Warsaw, Inc.                                                             Indiana

Quorum ELF, Inc.                                                                Delaware

Quorum Health Group of Vicksburg, Inc.                                          Tennessee
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Quorum Health Resources, LLC                                                    Delaware

Quorum Health Services, Inc.                                                    Delaware

Quorum, Inc.                                                                    Delaware

Rehab Hospital of Fort Wayne General Partnership                                Delaware
         (d/b/a Rehabilitation Hospital of Fort Wayne)

River Region Medical Corporation                                                Mississippi

Software Sales Corp.                                                            Tennessee

St. Joseph Health System LLC                                                    Delaware
         (d/b/a St. Joseph Medical Center)

St. Joseph Medical Group, Inc.                                                  Indiana

The Intensive Resource Group, LLC                                               Delaware

The Vicksburg Clinic, LLC                                                       Mississippi

Warsaw Health System LLC                                                        Delaware
         (d/b/a Kosciusko Community Hospital)

Vicksburg Healthcare, LLC                                                       Delaware
         (d/b/a River Region Health System)

Wesley Health System LLC                                                        Delaware
         (d/b/a Wesley Medical Center)
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