Quality of Care Before and After Mergers and Acquisitions of Rural Hospitals

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Examines the quality of care provided in 172 rural hospitals that merged or were acquired between 2009-2016. Compares the in-hospital mortality rates for patients with several conditions compared admitted to merged or acquired hospitals to patients admitted to 266 rural hospitals that remained independent.

H. Joanna Jiang, Kathryn R. Fingar, Lan Liang, Rachel M. Henke, Teresa P. Gibson

JAMA Network Open, 4(9)

09/2021

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Healthcare business and finance · Healthcare quality · Hospitals · Mortality · Statistics and data