They defined horizontal integration as two or more hospitals merging and vertical integration as hospitals acquiring independent physician practices. To be included in the review, articles must ...

Researchers found that neither horizontal nor vertical integration resulted in consistent and significant improvements in price, cost/spending, or quality of health care delivery. HealthDay News — ...

Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, Jorge Tarzijan, and Jordan Mitchell. "Arauco (A): Forward Integration or Horizontal Expansion?" Harvard Business School Case 705-474, February 2005. (Revised March 2009.) ...

An example of a merger would be that business A and business B want to expand but do not feel they can get any bigger alone. Both businesses decide to come together and share their business ...