Brady Post on the Considerable Relationship Between Consolidation and Health Care Treatment Intensity
A Health Podyssey
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Introduction
Hospital ownership of physician practices has gone through various boom and bust cycles. Brady Post, Assistant Professor in the Bouvet College of Health Sciences at Northeastern University examined differences in care among patients treated by cardiologists who are either practicing independently or as part of a hospital system. They found higher rates of high intensity interventions when cardiologists were in hospital systems. We'll discuss these findings and their implications in today's episode.
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