Vertical Integration in Healthcare Involves Consolidation, Mergers, Acquisitions, or Alliances

question 6

True/False

Vertical integration in healthcare involves consolidation, mergers, acquisitions, or alliances among several competitive or cooperative hospitals.

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Definitions:

Coefficient Of Variation

A standardized measure of dispersion of a probability distribution or frequency distribution, expressed as a ratio of the standard deviation to the mean.

Index Funds

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PHStat

A software add-in for Microsoft Excel that assists in statistical analyses.

Variance

A measure of the dispersion or spread of a set of values, calculated as the average of the squared deviations from the mean of the set.