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Health Care Ownership and Patient Care—A National Institute on Aging Workshop

JAMA 10.1001/jama.2026.15930

August 24, 2026 at 11:00 AM EDT

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This Viewpoint discusses how consolidation in frontline care delivery has shaped health care markets across the US and how changes in ownership of hospitals and practices affect clinicians and patient outcomes.

Corresponding Author: Zirui Song, MD, PhD, Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, 180A Longwood Ave, Boston, MA 02115 (song@hcp.med.harvard.edu).

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