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1 to 2 of 2 Research Studies DisplayedKimmey L, Furukawa MF, Jones DJ
AHRQ Author: Furukawa MF
Geographic variation in the consolidation of physicians into health systems, 2016-18.
The authors asked the following questions: To what extent does consolidation of physicians into vertically integrated health systems vary across markets, and how did that change from 2016 to 2018? In this article, they used AHRQ data on health systems and commercial data on physician-system affiliation to describe metropolitan statistical area-level physician consolidation and to identify differences by region and metropolitan statistical area size.
AHRQ-authored; AHRQ-funded; 290201600001C.
Citation: Kimmey L, Furukawa MF, Jones DJ .
Geographic variation in the consolidation of physicians into health systems, 2016-18.
Health Aff 2021 Jan;40(1):165-69. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2020.00812..
Keywords: Health Systems, Provider: Physician, Provider, Healthcare Delivery
Furukawa MF, Kimmey L, Jones DJ
AHRQ Author: Furukawa MF, Guo J
Consolidation of providers into health systems increased substantially, 2016-18.
This article reports that provider consolidation into vertically-integrated health systems increased from 2016 to 2018. More than half of US physicians and 72 percent of hospitals were affiliated with one of 637 health systems in 2018. For-profit and church-operated systems had the largest increases in system size, driven in part by a large number of system mergers and acquisitions.
AHRQ-authored; AHRQ-funded; 290201600001C.
Citation: Furukawa MF, Kimmey L, Jones DJ .
Consolidation of providers into health systems increased substantially, 2016-18.
Health Aff 2020 Aug;39(8):1321-25. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2020.00017..
Keywords: Health Systems, Provider