While stories of private equity firms running amok in health care are easy to find, new research paints a more nuanced picture.
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How a Doctor’s Peers Shape Prescribing Habits
A new NBER working paper reveals that doctors practicing alone write more inappropriate opioid prescriptions than doctors working in groups.
Posted inCost of Care
Experts Share Four Key Studies you Might have Missed this Summer
Experts from the Tradeoffs Advisory Board share some of their favorite new health policy studies.
Posted inCost of Care
Hospitals Scooping Up Physician Practices Drives Health Care Prices Up
Aditi Sen shares new research that examines whether hospital consolidation increases health care prices.
Posted inHealth Law
How One Doctor Is Prepping for a World Without Roe
We talk with a Michigan OB-GYN determined to make sure her hospital is ready if abortion becomes illegal in her state.
Posted inCost of Care
A Clearer Image of the Impact of Hospitals Buying Physician Practices
Ishani Ganguli on two new studies that use the number of imaging tests doctors order to understand the impact of hospitals buying physician practices.
Posted inHealth Technology
More (EHR) Messages, More Problems?
Ishani Ganguli on new research looking at how often doctors are switching between EHRs and other work.
Posted inCost of Care
More Evidence on the Quality Impacts of Consolidation
Farzad Mostashari on new research on the impact of consolidation on the quality of care for high-need patients.
Posted inPublic Health
Losing a Hospital
How one rural Kansas town dealt with losing its only hospital and what lessons it has for the rest of the country.