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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826287103321

Autore

Olson Laura Katz <1945->

Titolo

Ethically challenged : private equity storms US health care / / Laura Katz Olson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore, Maryland : , : Johns Hopkins University Press, , [2022]

©2022

ISBN

9781421442860

1-4214-4286-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 425 pages)

Disciplina

174.2

Soggetti

Capital investments

Economics - Methodology

United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Who even are they? : private equity from soup to nuts -- The emergence of the alternative asset class -- Consolidating health care -- It's between me and my doctor? -- Drilling for gold : corralling dentists -- The frail elderly and children : home care and hospice -- Public crisis, private gain : substance abuse and eating disorders -- Capitalizing on children with autism spectrum disorders -- Hijacking an industry : medical ambulance and emergency air transport.

Sommario/riassunto

"This is the first book to address private equity and health care. It raises the curtain on an industry notorious for its secrecy, exposing the dark side of its maneuvers. The book reveals the dynamics that enable financial engineering and other predatory private equity tactics and the consequences for health care businesses, clients, taxpayers, front-line workers and society at large"--