| Description |
1 online resource (x, 425 pages) |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Who even are they? : private equity from soup to nuts -- The emergence of the alternative asset class -- Consolidating health care -- It's between me and my doctor? -- Drilling for gold : corralling dentists -- The frail elderly and children : home care and hospice -- Public crisis, private gain : substance abuse and eating disorders -- Capitalizing on children with autism spectrum disorders -- Hijacking an industry : medical ambulance and emergency air transport. |
| Summary |
"This is the first book to address private equity and health care. It raises the curtain on an industry notorious for its secrecy, exposing the dark side of its maneuvers. The book reveals the dynamics that enable financial engineering and other predatory private equity tactics and the consequences for health care businesses, clients, taxpayers, front-line workers and society at large"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Medical ethics.
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Medical ethics. |
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Medical supplies industry -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Medical supplies industry. |
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Medical economics.
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Medical economics. |
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Private equity.
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Private equity. |
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United States. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Olson, Laura Katz, 1945- Ethically challenged. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2022 9781421442853 (DLC) 2021011728 (OCoLC)1243040986 |
| ISBN |
9781421442860 electronic book |
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1421442868 electronic book |
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9781421442853 hardcover |
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142144285X hardcover |
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