Cooling labor inflation costs could translate to more private equity-led dealmaking in mental health, a new PitchBook report says. With margins at less than 10% for outpatient therapy, growth in the sector is primarily driven by hiring and retaining providers. “The market has been shifting away from pursuing continuum-of-care builds and toward focusing on outpatient mental health, specifically partial hospitalization programs (PHPs) and intensive outpatient programs (IOPs),” PitchBook analyst Rebecca Springer writes.
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Source: https://www.axios.com/pro/health-tech-deals/2024/08/12/private-equity-mental-health-deals