Physicians’ Perspectives Regarding Private Equity Transactions in Outpatient Health Care—A Scoping Review and Qualitative Analysis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15515635 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tim N Nolte (Erasmus University Rotterdam), Felix Miedaner (0000-0003-2337-9722, Ostfalia University of Applied Sciences), Sandra Sülz (0000-0002-2354-1307, Erasmus University Rotterdam, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 23 |
| Pages | 15480-15480 |
| Publication date | 2022-11-22 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601 |
| Publisher | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3390/ijerph192315480 |
| PMID | 36497553 |
| OpenAlex | W4309712621 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 45 |
Private equity (PE) investments in health care have increased drastically over the last decade, and the profit interests of these companies have triggered a vivid discussion among medical professions. However, what are the key underlying perceptions among physicians regarding this trend? Unravelling the argumentative structure of this debate is the purpose of this paper. With physicians being a major stakeholder group in the outpatient health care setting, this paper explores physicians' perspectives regarding increasing PE activities. We systematically searched, selected, and synthesized existing knowledge in a scoping review and complemented the findings through 14 semi-structured interviews with physicians working in the outpatient health care sector in Germany. The results outline a complex network of arguments, concerns, and fears whereby the first intuitive perception of physicians is of critical nature. Arguments cluster around central perceptions of how PE involvement affects the individual autonomy of physicians in their daily work and decision-making, the impact on quality of care, work-life balance considerations, PE investment strategies, lack of medical vs. managerial expertise, and taxation issues. The high number of opinion papers among the literature underlines the actuality of the topic and emphasizes the need for empirical research
Autonomy · Business · Economic growth · Economics · Equity (law · Health care · Perception · Political science · Private equity · Private sector · Public relations · Stakeholder · Health and Medical Research Impacts · Healthcare Policy and Management · Medicine · Nursing · Private Equity and Venture Capital · Psychology · Finance
| Citations per year | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |