Private equity’s relationship with the US health care industry is a long and successful one. America’s health care system is one of the most complicated in the world, and PE’s unrivaled ability to make things more efficient helps improve the system in big and small ways. PitchBook estimates that health care funds currently have about $73 billion under management. All of that capital is being recycled into hospital systems, outpatient clinics, pharmaceutical manufacturers, medical device innovation, and dozens of other life-saving and cost reducing initiatives that ultimately improve patients’ lives. The reason is simple—PE firms continue to get better at investing in the US health care system.
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Source: https://www.investmentcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/AIC-2023-Health-Care-Report.pdf