A Health Affairs studyfound that hospital prices for inpatient care grew 42 percent from2007 to 2014, compared with 18 percent growth in physician pricesfor that same period. (Photo: Shutterstock)
A new study finds that hospital costs play an oversized role inoverall health care cost increases—with hospital prices outpacingphysician prices by almost 20 percent. The newresearch is adding to the debate about the role of mergers and acquisitions in hospital costsoverall.
The study, by Health Affairs, found that hospital prices forinpatient care grew 42 percent from 2007 to2014, compared with 18 percent growth in physician prices for thatsame period. In outpatient settings, hospital care grew 25 percent,compared to 6 percent for physician prices.
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