Association of financial integration between physicians and hospitals with commercial health care prices

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 175, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1932-1939

  Neprash, Hannah T ^a   Chernew, Michael E ^a   Hicks, Andrew L ^a   Gibson, Teresa ^a   Michael McWilliams, J ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL INTEGRATION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MARKET; MEDICARE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN HOSPITAL INTEGRATION; POINT OF SERVICE PLAN; PREFERRED PROVIDER ORGANIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AMBULATORY CARE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

AMBULATORY CARE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITAL-PHYSICIAN JOINT VENTURES; HUMANS; MEDICARE; PHYSICIANS; PRIVATE SECTOR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84964800692     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2015.4610     Document Type: Article

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