All Come Together

Scan this series of journal articles and opinion pieces (found is the Course Content folder).
• Gaynor, M., & Haas-Wilson, D. (1999).
• Cuellar A.E., & Gertler, P.J. (2003).
• Cuellar A.E., & Gertler, P.J. (2005).
• Vogt, W.B., & Town, R. (2006).
• Deloitte (2014).
• Gooch, K. (2016
• Barker, E., (2017).
• Kandrach, M. (2018).
• Nickels, T. (2018).
What has caused this over two decade trend of consolidation? Is it likely to continue? Why? Is this a good thing or not? What has been the impact on patients, providers, payors?