Primary-care doctors lured, and integrated delivery systems surge.
Respondents of this survey revealed that hospitals as critical pieces of IDSs have declined, while primary-care centers have skyrocketed. According to a spokesperson from the company that conducted the survey, "Healthcare organizations may be well on their way toward forming IDSs and turning family physicians into gatekeepers, but, in many ways, they're still novices when it comes to using capitation and compensation as tools to control costs."
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