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OPEN: Expenditures and Quality: Hospital- and Health System–Affiliated Versus Independent Physicians in Virginia

Objectives: The American Medical Association has reported that 2016 was the first year in which fewer than half (47.1%) of all practicing physicians owned their own practice. Across the United States, there has been consolidation of physicians and hospital and health systems, resulting in questions about the effect of this…

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Association Between Energy Prices and US Hospital Patient Outcomes

Objective: To evaluate associations between changing energy prices and US hospital patient outcomes. Methods: Generalized estimating equations were used to analyze relationships between changes in energy prices and subsequent changes in hospital patient outcomes measures for the years 2008 through 2014. Patient outcomes measures included 30-day acute myocardial infarction, heart…

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