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July 8, 2026Health Economics Policy and LawOpen Access

A closer look at provider market consolidation and the role of private capital

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LMLauren C. MakhoulOAOwen AyersSGShareef Ghanem

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Overview

Examines how provider market consolidation affects healthcare costs and decision-making in care settings.

Key Points

  • The study aims to explore how provider market consolidation relates to healthcare costs and setting-of-care dynamics.
  • Analyzed empirical data on provider market consolidation and healthcare costs in the U.S.
  • Examined variations in prices across different settings of care, particularly hospital outpatient departments.
  • Investigated how physician affiliation models influence setting-of-care utilization.
  • Consolidation is influenced by rising practice costs, stagnant physician reimbursement, and administrative complexity.
  • Hospital outpatient departments were identified as the highest-cost settings.
  • The relationship between consolidation and costs varies based on organizational incentives and setting-of-care utilization patterns.

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Makhoul et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a4de8a7d2ea289ef62834eehttps://doi.org/10.1017/s1744133126100553
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