It's what many suspected. Once private equity firms take over a hospital, patient care suffers.
A recent study found that in hospitals acquired by private equity firms, the patient death rate in emergency departments increases, and there is an increase in patient transfers to other hospitals.
It is thought that this is due to cuts in staffing and salary cuts. Other cuts (equipment? supplies?) may also be occurring.
It appears that rather than patient care, profits are #1 to private equity firms.
After hospitals were acquired by private equity firms, patient death rates in the emergency departments rose by 13% compared with similar hospitals, according to research published this week in Annals of Internal Medicine.
The research, which compared outcomes at hospitals over a 10-year period, adds fresh evidence to previous studies showing harmful patient outcomes and higher costs among health care entities owned by profit-oriented financiers.
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There have been so few bees in my garden the last few years that I get excited when I see one. This bee seems to really like the flowers of my mint plant.
Once again, a chemical banned in Europe (due to possible health harms) is allowed to be used in the US. The chemical TPO, which is used in nail polish gels, is viewed as "carcinogenic, mutagenic, or toxic for reproduction". In other words, could cause cancer and impact fertility.
Millions of pounds of pesticides are used each year in the US: on farms, in buildings and homes, on lawns, in pet flea and tick products - basically everywhere. And so the pesticides eventually wind up in us - from the foods we eat, the water we drink, the air we breathe (when pesticides drift during applications or when used indoors), and the treated lawns and ground we walk on.