The top strategic driver of healthcare acquisitions for firms is consolidation or scaling up to increase competitiveness, according to a West Monroe report.
Here is the percentage of firms that identified each strategy as a top driver of healthcare acquisitions. Firms selected the top two drivers.
1. Consolidation or scaling up to increase competitiveness: 58 percent
2. Opportunity to disrupt incumbents using technology: 48 percent
3. Expansion into new markets: 37 percent
4. Transformative acquisitions: 29 percent
5. Adding bolt-on assets to platform companies: 8 percent