Research Briefs
Date of this Version
11-4-2019
Abstract
Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) are groups of physicians and hospitals that jointly contract to care for a patient population. ACO contracts incentivize coordination of care across providers. This can lead to greater consolidation of physician practices, which can in turn generate higher costs and lower quality. Given this, the study asks, as ACOs enter health care markets, do physician practices grow larger?
Document Type
Brief
Number
58
See Original Study
https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/full/10.1377/hlthaff.2018.05415
License
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Keywords
accountable care organizations, physician consolidation, hospitals
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Date Posted: 10 February 2020