Private Equity and Its Increasing Role in US Healthcare.

Private equity investments in health care and surgery are on the rise. There are potential advantages and drawbacks of private equity investment in health care. However, if done under the right parameters, PE investment may have the potential to address some of the challenges and inefficiencies of the current health care system.

Neighborhood-Level Redlining and Lending Bias Are Associated with Breast Cancer Mortality in a Large and Diverse Metropolitan Area.

Background: Structural inequities have important implications for the health of marginalized groups. Neighborhood-level redlining and lending bias represent state-sponsored systems of segregation, potential drivers of adverse health outcomes. We sought to estimate the effect of redlining and lending bias on breast cancer mortality and explore differences by race.