title: Understanding Competition in Spine Care.
abstract: The changing landscape from volume to value represents a natural transformation in the health care industry. Increasingly provider groups are finding themselves responding to unfamiliar market forces. Whether explicit or implicit, competition is playing a larger role for the sustainability of providers. For spine care providers who are attempting to navigate the transition from volume to value, understanding the forces that shape competition in health care can help achieve success.
authors.affiliation: *WESTMED Spine Center, New Rochelle, NY †The Rothman Institute at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA.
authors.forename: Alok D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Sharan
authors.forename: Gregory D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Schroeder
authors.forename: Michael E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: West
authors.forename: Alexander R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Vaccaro
mesh_terms: D003163:Competitive Behavior; D019981:Health Care Sector; D006801:Humans; D013131:Spine / Q000601:surgery*