Southampton: NIHR Health Services and Delivery Research Topic Report; 2020. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3310/hsdr-tr-131295
- Vertical integration refers to merging organisations that operate at different stages along the patient pathway. An organisation running an acute hospital and also operating primary care medical practices is an example of vertical integration.
- Researchers investigated: what specifically has led to hospitals and GP practices being run by the same organisation; how it is done; the expectations of the GPs and NHS managers who made it happen; whether those expectations are being fulfilled; and whether there are any other consequences.
