Falling for Profit
Ben White
DECEMBER 26, 2023
From “ Serious Medical Errors Rose After Private Equity Firms Bought Hospitals ,” reported by the NYT: The study , published in JAMA on Tuesday, found that, in the three years after a private equity fund bought a hospital, adverse events including surgical infections and bed sores rose by 25 percent among Medicare patients when compared with similar hospitals that were not bought by such investors.
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