To determine whether consolidation of medical practices into larger groups has led to improvements for patients, Commonwealth Fund–supported researchers led by M. J. Kerrissey of Harvard Business School surveyed Medicare beneficiaries in practices that had and had not consolidated (Health Affairs, May 2017).
Structural Integration May Not Ensure That Care Seems Integrated from Patients’ Perspective
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