Consolidation in the health care sector

¹Strategic Management Analysis Group, American Medical Association, Chicago, IL, USA.

|March 27, 1999

Abstract:

This article discusses trends in health care sector consolidations. Attention is given to the reasons behind consolidation efforts and consolidation failures and the potential impact of consolidations on physicians, patients, and the transformation of health care delivery.

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