Health Affairs August 1, 2024
Abstract
Over the course of the past twenty years, private equity (PE) has played a role in acquiring medical practices, hospitals, and nursing homes. More recently, PE has taken a greater interest in acquiring dental practices, but few data exist about the scope of PE activity within dentistry. We analyzed dentist provider data for the period 2015–21 to examine trends in PE acquisition of dental practices. The percentage of dentists...