Ethically Challenged : Private Equity Storms US Health Care /

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"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 conseque...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Olson, Laura Katz, 1945- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2022.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Private equity.
Medical ethics.
Medical economics.
Capital-investissement.
Économie de la sante.
Materiel medical > Industrie > Aspect moral.
Éthique medicale.
Economics, Medical
Ethics, Medical
Private Sector > ethics
Investments > ethics
Health Care Sector > ethics
Delivery of Health Care > ethics
Medical supplies industry > Moral and ethical aspects.
United States
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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