The immediate effects of private equity acquisition of urology practices on the management of newly diagnosed prostate cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Some worry that physician practices acquired by private equity may increase the use of services to maximize revenue. We assessed the effects of private equity acquisition on spending, use of treatment, and diagnostic testing in men with prostate cancer.

Methods

We used a 20% sample of national Medicare claims to perform a retrospective cohort study of men with prostate cancer diagnosed from 2014 through 2019. The primary outcome was prostate cancer spending in the first 12 months after diagnosis. Secondary outcomes included the use of treatment and a composite measure of diagnostic testing (e.g., imaging, genomics) in the first 12 months after diagnosis. Multilevel modeling was used to adjust for differences in patient and market characteristics. The effect of p

SUBMITTER: Faraj KS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10757152 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature