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How Has Hospital Consolidation Affected the Price and Quality of Hospital Care?

February 1, 2006 | Issue Brief

During the 1990s, the hospital industry was transformed by mergers and acquisitions. This synthesis looks at why this rapid consolidation occurred and what impact it had on the price and quality for patients, and the cost of care for hospitals.