Recent study data suggest hospitals in more competitive healthcare markets do not demonstrate clear post-surgery outcome improvements across several high-risk procedures—a thorn in the side of thos | A review of over 2.2 million Medicare claims across 10 different high-risk surgeries found mixed results when comparing hospitals in competitive and uncompetitive markets. The findings “challenge the common assumption that hospital competition may be good for care as it relates to complex surgical procedures,” researchers said.