The closures of Crozer Keystone Health System and Hahnemann University Hospital have become case studies in a report on what ...

After hospitals were acquired by private equity firms, patient death rates in the emergency departments rose by 13% compared with similar hospitals, according to research published this week in Annals ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ge Bai is professor of accounting & health policy at Johns Hopkins. They found no evidence that private equity-acquired hospitals ...

A recent nationwide study has uncovered troubling trends in patient mortality rates within U.S. hospitals acquired by private equity firms. Conducted by researchers from Harvard Medical School, the ...

New research, focused on 19 of the 25 largest U.S. private equity-leveraged buyout families, argues private equity is riskier than the publicly traded funds in which defined contribution plans ...

Compared to their peers, hospitals acquired by private equity reduced salary spending, cut staffing levels and experienced higher mortality rates within their emergency departments, according to a ...

Private equity firms appeared to target already successful hospitals, and after acquisition, reduce hospital assets for investor profit, according to two research letters. "That means that in 2 years ...

After private-equity firms acquire hospitals, the facilities’ assets and resources diminish significantly, leaving the facilities less equipped to care for patients, according to a new study by ...

Patient deaths have been found to increase in U.S. hospitals after being acquired by private equity firms, according to one study. The death rates rose in the emergency departments of these hospitals, ...

A new study by physician researchers has found that when private-equity firms buy hospitals, they sell off assets, challenging longtime industry claims that the purchases lead to investment in patient ...