Hospital M&A adds to U.S. healthcare absurdity

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The U.S. healthcare system is absurdly expensive, and a continuing wave of hospital mergers looks set to bring even higher prices and worse care, writes rob_cyran.

Hospital acquisitions in the United States by another hospital system were associated with slightly worse patient experiences according to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine on Jan. 2. A sub-group analysis suggested poor practices at low-performing acquirers may have spread to acquired institutions, but good systems did not propagate from well-managed acquirers.

From 2010 to 2015, about 1,260 hospitals were involved in 561 deals, according to the American Hospital Association. In 2016, 90% of U.S. metropolitan areas had hospital markets that could be characterized as highly concentrated based on Federal Trade Commission guidelines, according to a study in Health Affairs.

 

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