Effect of Private Equity Ownership on Access to Outpatient Urologic Cancer Care in Medicare Recipients.

Objective: To compare appointment availability and wait times between private equity-owned and non-private equity-owned urology clinics for 2 common urologic complaints.

Methods: We identified all PE-owned urology clinic locations as of June 2022 (n = 390). For each PE-owned location, a geographically matched, non-PE-owned clinic was identified.