PHYSICIAN-HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION (PHO)

an establishment developed, owned, and overseen by at least one hospital and group of doctors to attain payer contracts and to further shared interests.

PHYSICIAN-HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION (PHO): “Physician-hospital organizations are typical, but are also not very pleasing to patients in most regards, who view the healthcare system as a money-making scheme at times.”
 DECENTRALIZED ORGANIZATION
PLEASURE PRINCIPLE

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