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Size does matter.

M B Blecher
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Hospital mergers, like Godzilla's comeback movie, promise that bulk means marketplace brawn. Yet as the dust settles, the payoff isn't always so clear. Promised efficiencies from merging duplicated programs--even shutting down entire hospitals--often fail to materialize. In fact, cutting the deal may turn out to be the easy part.

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Cost ControlData CollectionDecision Making, OrganizationalDelivery of Health Care, IntegratedEconomic CompetitionHealth Care SectorHealth Facility MergerHealth Facility SizeHospital AdministrationHospital ChargesMulti-Institutional SystemsUnited StatesJournal Article

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M B Blecher. 1998-06-20. Size does matter.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9691960/

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