Author Interviews, Cost of Health Care, Health Care Systems, JAMA / 19.02.2020
Private Equity Firms Increasingly Target Specialty Medical Groups for Investment
MedicalResearch.com Interview with:
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Jane M. Zhu, MD, MPP, MSHP
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of General Internal Medicine
Oregon Health and Sciences University
Penn LDI Adjunct Senior Fellow
MedicalResearch.com: What is the background for this study?
Response: In recent years, private equity firms have been rapidly entering the health care sector, including by purchasing physician medical groups. There’s a lot of interest in this trend but very little empirical research to understand its scope, characteristics, and effects.
Dr. Zhu[/caption]
Jane M. Zhu, MD, MPP, MSHP
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of General Internal Medicine
Oregon Health and Sciences University
Penn LDI Adjunct Senior Fellow
MedicalResearch.com: What is the background for this study?
Response: In recent years, private equity firms have been rapidly entering the health care sector, including by purchasing physician medical groups. There’s a lot of interest in this trend but very little empirical research to understand its scope, characteristics, and effects.