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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Published in:	The New England journal of medicine Vol. 382; no. 1; pp. 51 - 59
Main Authors:	Beaulieu, Nancy D, Dafny, Leemore S, Landon, Bruce E, Dalton, Jesse B, Kuye, Ifedayo, McWilliams, J. Michael
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Massachusetts Medical Society 02-01-2020
Subjects:	Competition Hospitals Medicaid Medicare Mortality Patients Quality Quality of care Statistical analysis
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Summary:	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.
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ISSN:	0028-4793 1533-4406
DOI:	10.1056/NEJMsa1901383