Does hospital consolidation promote quality?
Hospital executives and researchers should not assume that consolidation will yield quality improvements. Executives often espouse quality improvement as a goal of consolidation but may or may not invest in quality improvement initiatives. Even when they do, such initiatives may not lead to higher quality.
Authors
- Andreana M. Benitez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8294-7809)
- Mark V. Pauly (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4957-4825)
- Michael Sielski
- Lawton R. Burns (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1252-8155)
Institutions
- Department of Health (TW)
- University of Pennsylvania (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Health Care Management Review
- Published
- 2025-11-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/hmr.0000000000000460
- Primary Topic
- Healthcare Quality and Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00