title: Physician acquisitions: beating the competition in a dog-eat-dog world.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lowers
mesh_terms: D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D004465:Economic Competition; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational / Q000191:economics; D006754:Hospital Restructuring / Q000191:economics*; D011216:Practice Management, Medical / Q000191:economics* / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards; D012456:Salaries and Fringe Benefits; D014481:United States