Becker's Healthcare November 2, 2021
As private equity firms continue to buy up hospitals, a November Health Affairs study found hospitals acquired by private equity firms were more likely to add profitable hospital service lines than non-acquired hospitals.
The study looked at private equity hospital acquisitions that occurred from Jan. 1, 2006, to Dec. 31, 2015, using a differences-in-differences approach. The sample consisted of 4,781 hospitals, including 228 acquired by private equity firms.
Some of these profitable services include interventional cardiac catheterization, hemodialysis, and labor and delivery. Acquired hospitals are also more likely to move toward profitable technologies...
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