Comparison of General Surgical Practice Size and Setting in 2017 vs 2013 in the US.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

As health care delivery markets have changed and new payment models have emerged, physicians in many specialties have consolidated their practices, but whether this consolidation has occurred in surgical practices is unknown.

Objective

To examine changes in the size of surgical practices, market-level factors associated with this consolidation, and how place of service for surgical care delivery varies by practice size.

Design, setting, and participants

A cross-sectional study of Medicare Data on Provider Practice and Specialty from January 1 to December 31, 2013, compared with January 1 to December 31, 2017, was conducted on all general surgeon practices caring for patients enrolled in Medicare in the US. Data analysis was performed from November 4, 2019,

SUBMITTER: Tsai TC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8082320 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature