Key Takeaways
An analysis of ownership data showed that nearly a quarter of all emergency department visits in the U.S. occurred at facilities staffed by private equity firms.
About a third of ED visits occurred at facilities owned by corporate health systems.
Less than half occurred at facilities staffed by companies owned by physicians.
Nearly a quarter of all emergency department visits occur at hospitals staffed by private equity firms, according to an analysis of ownership data.
Private equity is responsible for staffing 24.7% of all ED visits in the U.S., while health system groups are responsible for 33% of such visits, Angela Cai, MD, MBA, of the University of Pennsylvania, and colleagues reported in the Annals of Emergency Medicine .
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