Becker's Healthcare January 4, 2022
COVID-19 has accelerated private equity’s growth in healthcare.
Here are 10 stats to know:
1. By January 2021, 69 percent of physicians were employed by hospitals or corporate entities like private equity firms and health insurers, according to a study from the nonprofit Physicians Advocacy Institute and healthcare consulting firm Avalere.
2. Most practices acquired and funded by private equity firms from 2000 to 2020 were in the South, according to a cross-sectional study published in JAMA Surgery.
3. The number of surgical services and facilities funded and acquired by private equity firms has increased over the last 20 years, according to the same JAMA Surgery study.
4. In the second quarter of 2021, private equity firms were the...
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