Health Services Research Finds Specialty Hospitals Not More Cost-Efficient Than Full-Service Hospitals
Oct 3rd 2008Drug InformationCancer
One of the most notable recent developments in the U.S. hospital industry is the rapid rise of small hospitals specializing in cardiac, orthopedic, or surgical services which have tripled in number over the past 15 years. A new study in Health Services Research compared the costs of physician-owned specialty hospitals with those of full-service hospitals. Results show that specialty hospitals are not more cost-efficient than the full-service hospitals with whom they compete.
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