Physician Compensation In Physician-Owned And Hospital-Owned Practices
Published in: Health Affairs, Volume 40, No. 12, pages 1865–1874 (December 2021). doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2021.01007
Posted on RAND.org on December 10, 2021
In analyses by physician specialty, vertical integration of physician practices with hospitals or health systems was associated with lower income for nonsurgical specialists, no difference in income for primary care physicians, and slightly higher income for surgical specialists.
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