Changes in Hospital Adverse Events and Patient Outcomes Associated With Private Equity Acquisition.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The effects of private equity acquisitions of US hospitals on the clinical quality of inpatient care and patient outcomes remain largely unknown.

Objective

To examine changes in hospital-acquired adverse events and hospitalization outcomes associated with private equity acquisitions of US hospitals.

Design, setting, and participants

Data from 100% Medicare Part A claims for 662 095 hospitalizations at 51 private equity-acquired hospitals were compared with data for 4 160 720 hospitalizations at 259 matched control hospitals (not acquired by private equity) for hospital stays between 2009 and 2019. An event study, difference-in-differences design was used to assess hospitalizations from 3 years before to 3 years after private equity acquisition using a linea

SUBMITTER: Kannan S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10751598 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature