Joint ventures in medical services.
This paper is an overview of joint-venture activity in healthcare, describing trends in joint ventures and raising issues for physicians. The purposes are to discuss the major current facets of joint-venture alliances in healthcare and to identify policy issues that arise from the trend to use joint ventures as an organizational tool. Speculation is made about the future role of joint ventures in the organization of healthcare.
D004465:Economic Competition; D004995:Ethics, Professional; D006739:Hospital Administration / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006759:Hospital-Physician Joint Ventures / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010067:Ownership; D014481:United States