Is private equity in health care killing us?

About this episode

The episode discusses the impact of private equity on health care, focusing on hospitals and the implications for staff and patients.

This time on Code WACK! What happens to staff and patients when private investors buy hospitals to make them more profitable? And why should this concern us all? To break it down, we spoke to Dr. Renee Hsia, an attending physician at San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center and a Professor of Emergency Medicine and Health Policy at the University of California, San Francisco. She's also Vice Chair of Health Services Research in the Department of Emergency Medicine, and a core faculty member of the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies. This is the first episode in a two-part series. Check out the Transcript and Show Notes for more! Keep Code WACK! on the air with a tax-deductible donation .

People in this episode

Guest: Dr Renee Hsia

Topics covered

• private equity
• health care
• hospital profitability
• patient care
• staff impact

Keywords

• health policy
• emergency medicine
• health services research

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Books & works: the Transcript and Show Notes

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