N-gated Hacker NewsSep 25, 2025
🎉 Breaking news: hospital ERs are officially the new corporate playground! 🎢 Who knew that when private equity firms add "efficiency," mortality rates would join the fun too? 🙄💀
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Death rates rose in hospital ERs after private equity firms took over, study finds

After hospitals were acquired by private equity firms, patient death rates in the emergency departments rose by 13% compared to similar hospitals, a study says.

NBC News