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So people are literally dying to help investors make a return on capital. I feel like you could be at the end of the world, looking at certain destruction appr
by happytiger 3y ago
So people are literally dying to help investors make a return on capital.
I feel like you could be at the end of the world, looking at certain destruction approaching us, and there’d be some venture capitalist being, “listen, we have full control of this situation. Everything is fine… we’ve got a long history of managing risk in this area.”
- fsckboy 3y ago>though patients were no more likely to die right in the subheadline it says "though patients were no more likely to die"
- happytiger 3y agoK. Curiously, the study found a small drop in hospital deaths at private equity hospitals. This, the researchers said, may be due to social and demographic factors — private equity patients were younger and less disadvantaged than those at peer hospitals not owned by private equity. https://hms.harvard.edu/news/what-happens-when-private-equity-takes-over-hospital https://hms.harvard.edu/news/what-happens-when-private-equit... Also: https://www.medpagetoday.com/publichealthpolicy/practicemanagement/108014 https://www.medpagetoday.com/publichealthpolicy/practicemana... https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2023-12-26/study-private-equity-hospital-takeovers-tied-to-increases-in-patient-falls-infections https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2023-12-26/... https://www.chicagobooth.edu/review/when-private-equity-takes-over-nursing-homes-mortality-rates-jump https://www.chicagobooth.edu/review/when-private-equity-take...
- hulitu 3y ago> Curiously, the study found a small drop in hospital deaths at private equity hospitals. Maybe because the former patients died at home.
- happytiger 3y agoDarkly, probably correct; and worryingly precient.
- thatguy0900 3y agoReminds me of this comic https://www.newyorker.com/cartoon/a16995 https://www.newyorker.com/cartoon/a16995