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. 2018 Jul;37(7):1123-1127.
doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2017.1520.

Hospital-Physician Consolidation Accelerated In The Past Decade In Cardiology, Oncology

Sayeh S Nikpay  1 , Michael R Richards  2 , David Penson  3
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Hospital-Physician Consolidation Accelerated In The Past Decade In Cardiology, Oncology

Sayeh S Nikpay et al. Health Aff (Millwood). 2018 Jul.

Abstract

Consolidation of physician practices by hospitals, or vertical integration, increased across all practice types in 2007-17. Rates of growth were highest among medical and surgical specialty practices and lowest among primary care practices. There was substantial variation within the specialties, ranging from 4 percentage points in dermatology to 34 percentage points in cardiology and oncology.

Keywords: Hospitals; Organization and Delivery of Care.

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