There’s a decent chance your doctor’s practice was bought up by a hospital in the last decade or so. Such consolidation has run rampant for years, and a new study looks at the impacts. The bottom line: Hospital consolidation results in higher hospital profits, higher costs to consumers, and maybe worse long-term outcomes for patients.

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