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Home > Topics > Provider Consolidation

Provider Consolidation

Learn more about how hospitals, physicians and other providers are increasingly joining forces, the impact on health care prices, spending, practice patterns and quality, and government and private-sector efforts to counter provider market power.

Research Insights

Published on: October 08, 2018. Updated on: October 09, 2020.

What Is Driving Price Variation in Private Health Insurance?

Health Care Costs & Quality

Research Insights

Published on: August 16, 2017. Updated on: October 09, 2020.

How Does Hospital Ownership of Physician Practices Affect Which Hospitals Patients Use?

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Published on: September 14, 2016. Updated on: October 09, 2020.

How Are Health Care Prices Related to Physician Practice Consolidation and Integration with Hospitals?

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Supersized: The Rise of Hospital Giants

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Payment Reform: State & Private Sector Collaborations

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