Health Care Ownership and Patient Care

This Viewpoint focuses on the impact of consolidation in frontline health care delivery. It examines how this consolidation has shaped health care markets across the United States. Furthermore, it addresses changes in hospital ownership. It also analyzes changes in the ownership of medical practices. These changes have an impact on clinicians. At the same time, they also affect patient care outcomes. The article thus discusses the complex link between ownership and the quality of health care.