David Dranove is the Walter McNerney Distinguished Professor of Health Industry Management at Northwestern University's Kellogg Graduate School of Management, where he is also professor of strategy and faculty director of the Kellogg PhD program. Lawton Robert Burns is the James Joo-Jin Kim Professor at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania., where he is also professor of healthcare management, professor of management, and codirector of the Roy and Diana Vagelos Program in Life Sciences and Management.

"For years, allies of big medicine have argued that Bigger is Better. Dranove and Burns take on that argument and show it is not true. They point out how big medicine is failing, and how it can be reformed. This book is wonderfully informed and thoughtfully presented."--David Cutler, Harvard University "Big Med is an absolute treasure trove of health care antitrust history, offering an important overview of the last two decades of the US health care industry through a competition lens. Its findings will appeal to health systems leaders and health economists alike." --Melissa Thomasson, Julian Lange Professor of Economics at Miami University and research associate for the National Bureau of Economic Research "Incorporating tough-minded analysis with powerful rhetoric, this book describes why the US healthcare delivery system fails us, why mergers are unlikely to help, and what industry and policy leaders can do to turn things around." --Leemore Dafny, Harvard Business School

David Dranove is the Walter McNerney Distinguished Professor of Health Industry Management at Northwestern University's Kellogg Graduate School of Management, where he is also professor of strategy and faculty director of the Kellogg PhD program. Lawton Robert Burns is the James Joo-Jin Kim Professor at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania., where he is also professor of healthcare management, professor of management, and codirector of the Roy and Diana Vagelos Program in Life Sciences and Management.

"For years, allies of big medicine have argued that Bigger is Better. Dranove and Burns take on that argument and show it is not true. They point out how big medicine is failing, and how it can be reformed. This book is wonderfully informed and thoughtfully presented."--David Cutler, Harvard University "Big Med is an absolute treasure trove of health care antitrust history, offering an important overview of the last two decades of the US health care industry through a competition lens. Its findings will appeal to health systems leaders and health economists alike." --Melissa Thomasson, Julian Lange Professor of Economics at Miami University and research associate for the National Bureau of Economic Research "Incorporating tough-minded analysis with powerful rhetoric, this book describes why the US healthcare delivery system fails us, why mergers are unlikely to help, and what industry and policy leaders can do to turn things around." --Leemore Dafny, Harvard Business School

David Dranove is the Walter McNerney Distinguished Professor of Health Industry Management at Northwestern University's Kellogg Graduate School of Management, where he is also professor of strategy and faculty director of the Kellogg PhD program. Lawton Robert Burns is the James Joo-Jin Kim Professor at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania., where he is also professor of healthcare management, professor of management, and codirector of the Roy and Diana Vagelos Program in Life Sciences and Management.

"For years, allies of big medicine have argued that Bigger is Better. Dranove and Burns take on that argument and show it is not true. They point out how big medicine is failing, and how it can be reformed. This book is wonderfully informed and thoughtfully presented."--David Cutler, Harvard University "Big Med is an absolute treasure trove of health care antitrust history, offering an important overview of the last two decades of the US health care industry through a competition lens. Its findings will appeal to health systems leaders and health economists alike." --Melissa Thomasson, Julian Lange Professor of Economics at Miami University and research associate for the National Bureau of Economic Research "Incorporating tough-minded analysis with powerful rhetoric, this book describes why the US healthcare delivery system fails us, why mergers are unlikely to help, and what industry and policy leaders can do to turn things around." --Leemore Dafny, Harvard Business School