Medscape August 5, 2020
Ken Terry

More than half of US physicians now work for or contract with fewer than 700 healthcare systems across the country, according to a new study in Health Affairs.

Between 2016 and 2018, the percentage of physicians affiliated with a healthcare system — defined as an organization that includes at least 50 physicians, 10 primary care doctors, and one nonfederal acute care hospital — increased by 11 percentage points, jumping from 40% to 51%. The proportion of primary care physicians affiliated with healthcare systems rose from 38% to 49%, the study found.

The researchers, led by Michael F. Furukawa, PhD, the acting director of the Division of Healthcare Delivery and Systems Research in the Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement at...

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