Evaluating trends in private equity ownership and impacts on health outcomes, costs, and quality: systematic review

A Borsa, G Bejarano, M Ellen, JD Bruch - bmj, 2023 - bmj.com
Objective To review the evidence on trends and impacts of private equity (PE) ownership of
healthcare operators. Design Systematic review. Data sources PubMed, Web of Science …

Changes in hospital adverse events and patient outcomes associated with private equity acquisition

S Kannan, JD Bruch, Z Song - JAMA, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance The effects of private equity acquisitions of US hospitals on the clinical quality of
inpatient care and patient outcomes remain largely unknown. Objective To examine …

Private equity and healthcare firm behavior: evidence from ambulatory surgery centers

H Lin, EL Munnich, MR Richards, CM Whaley… - Journal of Health …, 2023 - Elsevier
Healthcare firms regularly seek outside capital; yet, we have an incomplete understanding of
external investor influence on provider behavior. We investigate the effects of private equity …

Private Equity–Acquired Physician Practices And Market Penetration Increased Substantially, 2012–21: Study examines private equity-acquired physician practices …

O Abdelhadi, BD Fulton, L Alexander, RM Scheffler - Health Affairs, 2024 - healthaffairs.org
Private equity (PE) firms have been acquiring physician practices at an increasing rate,
raising concerns about such firms' penetration at the physician level into local markets and …

Physician perspectives on private equity investment in health care

JM Zhu, A Zeveney, S Read… - JAMA internal medicine, 2024 - jamanetwork.com
Methods| Our sampling frame was the IM Insider Research Panel of the American College of
Physicians (ACP). The ACP invites 1% of its members into its research panel, narrows the …

Protecting Patients And Society In An Era Of Private Equity Provider Ownership: Challenges And Opportunities For Policy: Article examines private equity provider …

C Cai, Z Song - Health Affairs, 2024 - healthaffairs.org
Private equity (PE) acquisitions in health care delivery nearly tripled from 2010 to 2020.
Despite concerns around clinical and economic implications, policy responses have …

Increases in Medicare spending and use after private equity acquisition of retina practices

Y Singh, CM Aderman, Z Song, D Polsky, JM Zhu - Ophthalmology, 2024 - Elsevier
Purpose Private equity (PE) firms increasingly are acquiring physician practices in the
United States, particularly within procedural-based specialties such as ophthalmology …

Hospital behavior over the private equity life cycle

MR Richards, CM Whaley - Journal of Health Economics, 2024 - Elsevier
Private equity is an increasing presence in US healthcare, with unclear consequences.
Leveraging unique data sources and difference-in-differences designs, we examine the …

Ophthalmologist turnover in the United States: analysis of workforce changes from 2014 through 2021

PN Patel, PA Patel, AH Sheth, H Ahmed, T Begaj… - Ophthalmology, 2023 - Elsevier
Purpose Physician turnover is costly to health care systems and affects patient experience
due to discontinuity of care. This study aimed to assess the frequency of turnover by …

A policy framework for the growing influence of private equity in health care delivery

C Cai, Z Song - JAMA, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Privateequityacquisitionsofclinicianpractice…-pitals continue to increase. Over the last
decade, hundredsofhospitals, thousandsofphysicians, andmanyadditional health care …