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Physician-owned practices are increasing as financial factors drive doctors to independence. This trend leads to hospitals losing services due to competition from physicians unable to find common ground for joint ventures.
Area of Science:
- Healthcare Management
- Medical Economics
Background:
- Financial pressures are increasingly motivating physicians to establish private practices.
- Hospital executives report a significant loss of services to physician-led competition.
Purpose of the Study:
- To explore the financial drivers behind physicians establishing independent practices.
- To understand the extent of competition between physicians and their affiliated hospitals.
Main Methods:
- Survey of hospital CEOs regarding physician practice trends.
- Analysis of reported service losses due to physician competition.
Main Results:
- Two-thirds of surveyed hospital CEOs indicated that their institutions have lost services to physician competition.
- A key factor identified is the inability of hospitals and physicians to establish common ground for joint ventures.
Conclusions:
- Financial considerations are a primary driver for physicians seeking practice independence.
- Lack of collaboration and joint venture opportunities exacerbate competition between physicians and hospitals.
Abstract:
Financial considerations are driving physicians to set up shop for themselves, say hospital CEOs. In fact, two-thirds of respondents say that their hospitals have lost services to competition from physicians. Other CEOs contend that physicians end up competing with their hospital because neither side is able to find common ground for joint ventures.