A Policy Framework for the Growing Influence of Private Equity in Health Care Delivery

Christopher Cai; Zirui Song

doi:10.1001/jama.2023.2801

A Policy Framework for the Growing Influence of Private Equity in Health Care Delivery

JAMA. 2023 May 9;329(18):1545-1546. doi: 10.1001/jama.2023.2801.

Authors

Christopher Cai¹, Zirui Song^{2

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
² Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
³ Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.
⁴ Center for Primary Care, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.

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Plain language summary

This Viewpoint details how and why improved oversight of private equity acquisition of physician practices and hospitals is needed to mitigate the effects on health care costs, clinicians’ jobs, and patients’ access to care.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Delivery of Health Care* / legislation & jurisprudence
Delivery of Health Care* / organization & administration
Health Equity* / legislation & jurisprudence
Health Policy* / legislation & jurisprudence
Private Sector* / legislation & jurisprudence

Plain language summary

Publication types

MeSH terms

Grants and funding