title: Data benchmarks. Purchasing physician practices: let the hospital buyer beware?
abstract: Data Benchmarks: Why are hospitals so eager to snap up physician practices when they're losing so much money in the process? This month's column provides the details from a new survey on physician practice acquisition, plus some insights on what hospitals can do differently to keep dollars from going down the drain.
mesh_terms: D019985:Benchmarking; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D005375:Financial Audit; D006801:Humans; D007449:Investments / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends; D010067:Ownership; D011216:Practice Management, Medical / Q000191:economics*; D011682:Purchasing, Hospital / Q000191:economics*; D014481:United States