Sunday, December 7, 2008

Economy sends physicians to hospitals for help

By Karen Caffarini, AMNews staff. Dec. 15, 2008 -- Physicians and hospitals, each finding themselves in leaky financial ships, often are climbing into the same lifeboat to stay afloat.

A recent American Hospital Assn study finds physicians clamoring for hospital support, whether through more pay for providing on-call or other hospital services, or hospital assistance in funding equipment and technology purchases. The study also found that some doctors express interest in becoming hospital employees or selling their practices to hospitals.

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