title: Financial implications of moving to a physician employment model.
abstract: Hospital employment of physicians can lead to better quality, coordination of care, and increased efficiency. The employment model is likely to be better suited for healthcare reforms that require a great degree of physician-hospital integration. A sophisticated analysis of the employment model must take into consideration physician-related costs and payments, access, competitive positioning, and alignment of incentives. Analysis of the physician employment should be performed in the context of all the strategic options available to a hospital.
authors.affiliation: Noblis Center for Health Innovation, West Springfield, Mass, USA.
authors.forename: Dennis
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kennedy
authors.forename: Scott
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Clay
authors.forename: Deborah Kolb
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Collier
mesh_terms: D004469:Economics, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004651:Employment; D018578:Hospital-Physician Relations; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D014481:United States