ACOs may affect physician employment patterns, JAMA study finds

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• The growth of accountable care organizations is cutting physician work hours as well as the likelihood of doctors being self-employed, according to a new JAMA report.
• The study of nearly 50,000 doctors found a 10% increase in ACO enrollment in a hospital referral region is connected with 0.82 fewer work hours per week for male physicians. The 10% number is also associated with a decrease of 2% in the probability of physicians being self-employed.
• The study found that older physicians were more apt to shift toemployment, potentially to receive retirement benefits after selling their practices by selling their practices to hospitals.

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