Impact of hospital mergers: a systematic review focusing on healthcare quality measures.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite mergers have increasingly affected hospitals in the recent decades, literature on the impact of hospitals mergers on healthcare quality measures (HQM) is still lacking. Our research aimed to systematically review evidence regarding the impact of hospital mergers on HQM focusing especially on process indicators and clinical outcomes.

Methods

The search was carried out until January 2020 using the Population, Intervention, Comparison and Outcome model, querying electronic databases (MEDLINE, Scopus, Web Of Science) and refining the search with hand search. Studies that assessed HQM of hospitals that have undergone a merger were included. HQMs were analyzed through a narrative synthesis and a strength of the evidence analysis based on the quality of the studi

SUBMITTER: Mariani M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9090279 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature