The number of surgical practices bought by private equity firms grew dramatically over a 10-year period ending in late 2020, Reuters Health reports. The cross-sectional examination of acquisitions and funding of surgical practices and facilities revealed that the number of investments by private equity firms grew from 4 in 2000 to 19 in 2019, and the largest proportion of investments during most of that period was in the U.S. South, according to the report published in JAMA Surgery. Read more.
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