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ArticleHealth affairs (Project Hope)2024

Private Equity Acquisitions Of Hospices Are Increasing; Ownership Remains Opaque.

Melissa D Aldridge, Lauren J Hunt, Zelle Halloran, Krista L Harrison

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Article in Health affairs (Project Hope), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Private Equity Ownership in Hospice Care: A Systematic Review (2012-2026).The American journal of hospice & palliative care · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Melissa D AldridgeMelissa D. Aldridge (melissa.aldridge@mssm.edu), Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and James J. Peters Bronx Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bronx, New York.
Lauren J HuntLauren J. Hunt, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
Zelle HalloranZelle Halloran, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.
Krista L HarrisonKrista L. Harrison, University of California San Francisco.

Funding

VARC CoreP30AG044281 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI Louise C. Walter · 2013 to 2026
$19.9M
Unnecessary and Harmful Medication Use in Older Adults with DementiaP01AG066605 · NIA · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI KENNETH E. COVINSKY, R. Sean Morrison · 2020 to 2026
$17.7M
NIA NIH HHS P01 AG066605
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Private equity ownership across the US health care system is rapidly increasing, yet ownership structures are complex and opaque. We used an economic data set tracking mergers and acquisitions linked to Medicare data to identify private equity hospice acquisitions. Given the influence of for-profit ownership on hospice quality, transparent data on private equity investment are fundamental to ensuring high-quality end-of-life care.

Indexed as

HospicesMedicareOwnershipHealth Facility MergerHumansPrivate SectorUnited StateshospiceownershipPrivate Equity

Identifiers

PMID39226494
PMCPMC12674456

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