title: Owned vertical integration and health care: promise and performance.
abstract: This article examines the alleged benefits and actual outcomes of vertical integration in the health sector and compares them to those observed in other sectors of the economy. This article concludes that the organizational models on which these arrangements are based may be poorly adapted to the current environment in health care.
authors.affiliation: Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA.
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Walston
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Kimberly
authors.forename: L R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Burns
mesh_terms: D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006273:Health Facility Merger; D017146:Models, Organizational; D017149:Private Sector / Q000458:organization & administration; D014481:United States