Radiology Business August 15, 2024
Radiologists and other physicians agree: Shifting care out of hospitals and into less costly care settings makes economic sense, according to new survey data published Wednesday.
Imaging and other healthcare services are moving rapidly away from these traditional sites of care, which can be costly and more difficult to access. The business community has taken notice, with the number of private equity and venture capital deals focused on alternative care sites doubling between 2010 and 2021, experts wrote in JAMA Network Open [1].
Hospitals have fought this push, but health policy experts sought to see how radiologists and other physicians view it. Nikhil R. Sahni, MBA, conducted a survey of 1,069 physicians and other providers in 2021 and analyzed historical...