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When Private Practices Merge with Hospital Systems, Costs Go Up‌‌

Private practices are vanishing as more doctors join large hospital systems. This increasing consolidation is reducing competition and raising prices, according to a study co-authored by Yale SOM’s Fiona Scott Morton. ‌‌

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