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Ethics Talk: Are Private Equity Investments Really Different From Other Ownership Structures in Health Care?

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Dr Robert I. Field joins Ethics Talk to discuss whether and to what extent private equity firms’ increasing presence in health care deserves our scrutiny and what policy makers, clinicians, and patients should know about responding to private equity ownership stakes in the organizations where they work and where they go for health services. 

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Robert I. Field, PhD, JD, MPH is professor of law at the Thomas R. Kline School of Law and professor of health management and policy at the Dornsife School of Public Health at Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His research focuses on health system structure, health reform, data privacy, and bioethics. 

Recorded January 17, 2025.

 

Conflict of Interest Disclosure
Interviewee disclosed no conflicts of interest.

Viewpoints expressed are those of interview participants and do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of the AMA.