The Role of Private Equity In Health Care

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English - March 18, 2022 05:00 - 10 minutes - 10.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 19 ratings
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Late last month, the White House called out private equity firms in a fact sheet on the safety and quality of nursing homes.

"Private equity firms have been buying up struggling nursing homes, and research shows that private equity-owned nursing homes tend to have significantly worse outcomes for residents," the fact sheet reads, adding that "Private equity firms’ investment in nursing homes has ballooned from $5 billion in 2000 to more than $100 billion in 2018, with about 5% of all nursing homes now owned by private equity firms."

Listen to Health Affairs' Kathleen Haddad and Rob Lott discuss the role of private equity in health care service lines.

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FACT SHEET: Protecting Seniors by Improving Safety and Quality of Care in the Nation’s Nursing Homes (White House)Private Equity Investments In Health Care: An Overview Of Hospital And Health System Leveraged Buyouts, 2003–17 (Health Affairs)Hospital Service Offerings Still Differ Substantially By Ownership Type (Health Affairs)Private Equity Acquisition And Responsiveness To Service-Line Profitability At Short-Term Acute Care Hospitals (Health Affairs)Podcast: Jill Horwitz Questions the Role of Nonprofit Hospitals (A Health Podyssey)