Physician Practice Transitions to System Ownership Do Not Result in Diminished Practice Responsiveness to Patients.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE:To examine the extent to which physician-to-system ownership transitions are associated with declines in practice-reported patient responsiveness (PRPR). DATA SOURCES:A longitudinal cohort of practices (n = 897) from the National Survey of Large Physician Organizations/National Survey of Small- and Medium-Sized Physician Organizations (2006/08) and the National Survey of All-Size Physician Organizations (2012/13). STUDY DESIGN:Multivariable regression estimated the effect of ownership on changes in PRPR, controlling for practice size, specialty composition, other practice, and market characteristics. DATA COLLECTION/EXTRACTION METHODS:Data were collected from three nationally representative surveys of physician organizations consisting of 40-minute interviews with the medical dir

SUBMITTER: Poon BY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6051990 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature