A Retrospective Analysis of the Clinical Quality Effects of the Acquisition of Highland Park Hospital by Evanston Northwestern Healthcare

Patrick S Romano; David J. Balan

doi:10.1080/13571516.2011.542955

A Retrospective Analysis of the Clinical Quality Effects of the Acquisition of Highland Park Hospital by Evanston Northwestern Healthcare

Patrick S Romano, David J. Balan

General Medicine, Geriatrics, and Bioethics

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Abstract

In 2004, the Federal Trade Commission brought a legal action retrospectively challenging the 2000 acquisition of Highland Park Hospital by Evanston Northwestern Healthcare in Evanston, Illinois. A major issue in that case was whether the merger had resulted in improved clinical quality at Highland Park. In this paper, we describe the conceptual framework that guided our analysis of that issue and we report our findings. Specifically, we examine numerous quantitative measures of clinical quality. We find little evidence that the merger improved quality. We also discuss the applicability of our framework to the prospective analysis of unconsummated hospital mergers.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	45-64
Number of pages	20
Journal	International Journal of the Economics of Business
Volume	18
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/13571516.2011.542955
State	Published - Feb 2011

Keywords

Antitrust enforcement
Health care quality
Hospital mergers
Merger retrospectives

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Economics and Econometrics
Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)

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