Document Type
Working Paper
Date of this Version
2016
Advisor
Lawton Burns
Abstract
Physicians and hospital management and staff often work side by side but rarely together. There are many cost-saving and quality-improving benefits that could result from proper integration, but many economic and operational barriers stand in between the status quo and a fully-integrated healthcare system. These misalignments and practices contribute to wasted healthcare spending.
Keywords
physician hospital integration, operational barriers, hospital systems
Recommended Citation
Zhang, W. (2016). "Operational Benefits and Barriers to Physician-Hospital Integration," Summer Program for Undergraduate Research (SPUR). Available at https://repository.upenn.edu/spur/11
Date Posted: 17 January 2017