title: Hospital consolidation isn't the key to lowering costs and raising quality.
authors.affiliation: Health economist with the Boston VA Healthcare System, and associate professor at Boston University, School of Medicine and School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: Austin B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Frakt
mesh_terms: D004465:Economic Competition; D006273:Health Facility Merger / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards; D006742:Hospital Bed Capacity; D017721:Hospital Costs; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D014481:United States