Cuellar and Gertler article provides a thorough examination of hospital expansion and how it affects the consumers. In the publication, they pointed out that the number of hospital acquisitions is declining each year, yet policy circles are only concerned with the potential negative consequences of extensive hospital consolidation. Their study suggests that some of the concerns may be justified. However, their results show that after consolidation there is productivity in the type of care hospital delivered. They argue that hospitals gained by charging higher prices on care, but the quality of care to patient does not benefit the patient or the community. Their analysis suggested that consumers were worse off as a result of hospital
