Search results for "Hospital Ownership"
Hospitals acquired by private equity have less debt beforehand, decreased assets afterward
Private equity (PE) firms acquired hospitals that owned more of their inherent value and were less in debt, according to one study, while a second study found that assets of PE-acquired hospitals decreased 24% in the two years after acquisition versus controls.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/08/07/hospitals-acquired-by-private-equity-have-less-debt-beforehand-decreased-assets-afterward.htm
7 Aug 2024
Private equity takeovers linked with more in-hospital adverse events in Medicare patients
Rates of falls and central-line bloodstream infections increased in hospitals after they were acquired by private equity firms, despite these hospitals having a younger, higher-income patient cohort.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2024/01/03/private-equity-takeovers-linked-with-more-in-hospital-adverse-events-in-medicare-patients.htm
3 Jan 2024