Changes in Quality of Care after Hospital Mergers and Acquisitions

Changes in Quality of Care after Hospital Mergers and Acquisitions

Measures of health care quality were compared between 246 hospitals that were acquired by another hospital or health system during 2009–2013 and 1986 control hospitals that were not acquired. A composite measure of patient-reported experience worsened slightly in acquired hospitals relative to contr...

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Veröffentlicht in:The New England journal of medicine 2020-01, Vol.382 (1), p.51-59
Hauptverfasser: Beaulieu, Nancy D, Dafny, Leemore S, Landon, Bruce E, Dalton, Jesse B, Kuye, Ifedayo, McWilliams, J. Michael
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Competition
Hospitals
Medicaid
Medicare
Mortality
Patients
Quality
Quality of care
Statistical analysis
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Zusammenfassung:Measures of health care quality were compared between 246 hospitals that were acquired by another hospital or health system during 2009–2013 and 1986 control hospitals that were not acquired. A composite measure of patient-reported experience worsened slightly in acquired hospitals relative to control hospitals. There were no significant changes in mortality or readmission rates.
ISSN:0028-4793
1533-4406
DOI:10.1056/NEJMsa1901383