What happens to patient care after private equity acquires a hospital?

Study reveals increase in “adverse events” following purchaseHospitalized patients were more likely to experience adverse events—mostly falls and infections—after a hospital was acquired by private equity, a new study finds.Using Medicare Part A claims, the study’s authors analyzed “hospital-acquired adverse events or conditions”—defined primarily as falls and infections—among 662,000 patients at 51 private equity-acquired hospitals […]