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.

“David Dranove and Lawton R. Burns offer an exhaustive . . . analysis of the consolidation of US hospitals and the effect it has had on both the cost and quality of health care.  . . . As the country tries to rein in the cost of health care, Big Med offers a forceful argument for focusing our attention on hospitals.”

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.

“David Dranove and Lawton R. Burns offer an exhaustive . . . analysis of the consolidation of US hospitals and the effect it has had on both the cost and quality of health care.  . . . As the country tries to rein in the cost of health care, Big Med offers a forceful argument for focusing our attention on hospitals.”

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.

“David Dranove and Lawton R. Burns offer an exhaustive . . . analysis of the consolidation of US hospitals and the effect it has had on both the cost and quality of health care.  . . . As the country tries to rein in the cost of health care, Big Med offers a forceful argument for focusing our attention on hospitals.”