7 steps for evaluating primary care practice ownership
Boblitz, M.C.; Thompson, J.M.
Healthcare Financial Management Journal of the Healthcare Financial Management Association 58(11): 68-72; 74
2004
ISSN/ISBN: 0735-0732 PMID: 15559668 Document Number: 575623
Hospitals shouldn't dismiss a primary care practice ownership strategy from the outset. Instead, it's important to learn from past missteps and conduct a thorough analysis of the opportunity by focusing on population growth and demographics, hospital utilization rates, disease and illness rates, physician supply and demand, market share, case-mix index, other hospital-owned physician practices, and concerns pertinent to the potential development site.