AJMC October 12, 2021
This study assessed health care utilization and patient flow after a recent merger of community practices, a community hospital, and an academic medical center.
ABSTRACT
Objectives: Hospital mergers and acquisitions are increasingly used as a strategy to facilitate value-based care. However, no studies have assessed health care utilization (HCU) and patient flow across merged institutions. We aim to evaluate patient population distribution, HCU, and patient flow across a recent hospital merger of an academic medical center (AMC), a primary and specialty care alliance (PSC), and a community-based medical center (CMC).
Study Design: This was a retrospective observational study.
Methods: The study used 2018 adult demographic and encounter data from electronic health records. Patients’ parent health care institution was determined by...