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Although there has been significant interest from health services researchers and policy makers about recent trends in hospitals' ownership of physician practices, few studies have investigated the strengths and weaknesses of available data sources. In this article, we compare results from two national surveys that have been used to assess ownership patterns, one of hospitals (the American Hospital Association survey) and one of physicians (the SK&A survey). We find some areas of agreement, but also some disagreement, between the two surveys. We conclude that full understanding of the causes and consequences of hospital ownership of physicians requires data collected at the both the hospital and the physician level. The appropriate measure of integration depends on the research question being investigated.

THE PHYSICIAN ANALOGY IN POLITICS IS NOT INHERENTLY ELITIST OR ANTITHETICAL TO CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT, AS MODERN CRITICS HAVE CLAIMED. ON THE CONTRARY, IN ITS ORIGINAL DEVELOPMENT AMONG THE ORATORS OF FOURTH-CENTURY ATHENS, IT EPITOMIZED THE AIMS OF CONSERVATIVE DEMOCRATS, OFFERING BOTH A PERSPECTIVE THAT REINFORCED THE IDEA OF A PRESCRIPTIVE CONSTITUTION GROUNDED IN TRADITIONAL AND A CONCEPTION OF LEADERSHIP COMPATIBLE WITH THE EGALITARIAN ANIMUS OF THE RESTORED DEMOCRACY. MOREOVER, THIS CONCEPTION OF THE POLITICAL PHYSICIAN ENJOYED THE FULL SANCTION OF GREEK MEDICINE. THE NORMS, CONCEPTS, AND TECHNIQUES ADDUCED IN THE HIPPOCRATIC WRITINGS CLOSELY PARALLEL THOSE OF CONSERVATIVE DEMOCRATS.