Karen E. Joynt, MD, MPH; E. John Orav, PhD; Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH
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JAMA. 2014;312(16):1644-1652. doi:10.1001/jama.2014.13336
This retrospective cohort study reports that hospital conversion to for-profit status was associated with improved financial margins but not with differences in quality or other measures.
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Association Between Hospital Conversions to For-Profit Status and Clinical and Economic Outcomes
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For-Profit Status and Clinical and Economic Outcomes
Laurence C. Baker, PhD; M. Kate Bundorf, PhD, MBA, MPH; Anne B. Royalty, PhD; et al.
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JAMA. 2014;312(16):1653-1662. doi:10.1001/jama.2014.10921
This retrospective study reports that more competition among US physicians is related to lower prices paid by private preferred provider organizations for office visits.
James C. Robinson, PhD, MPH; Kelly Miller, BA
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JAMA. 2014;312(16):1663-1669. doi:10.1001/jama.2014.14072
Robinson and Miller determine whether total expenditures per patient were higher in medical groups owned by local hospitals or multihospital systems compared with groups owned by participating physicians in California between 2009 and 2012.
Christopher Whaley, BA; Jennifer Schneider Chafen, MD, MS; Sophie Pinkard, MBA; et al.
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JAMA. 2014;312(16):1670-1676. doi:10.1001/jama.2014.13373
This analysis of claims data from employer-insured patients found that those who accessed a pricing platform to check the cost of clinician visits, laboratory testing services, or imaging studies had lower total claims payments than those who did not check prices.