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Research Letter
Physician Work Environment and Well-Being
March 11, 2024

Physician Perspectives on Private Equity Investment in Health Care

Author Affiliations
  • 1Oregon Health and Science University, Portland
  • 2American College of Physicians, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • 3American College of Physicians, Washington, DC
JAMA Intern Med. 2024;184(5):579-580. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2024.0062

Private equity (PE) offers clinicians an important source of capital amid market competition, financial uncertainty, and higher costs of practice.1 PE may impact workplace environment, staffing decisions,2 and administrative and management pressures, potentially affecting clinician satisfaction and longevity. How physicians view PE is important to understand, as the success of this business model relies on the continued ability of PE-owned entities to recruit and retain physicians as employees.3 While limited surveys of medical trainees have documented concerns about PE within specific subspecialties,4,5 this survey study assessed physicians more broadly about their views toward PE ownership.

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