Big Data
Oct 23, 2019
Acquisitions by for-profit dialysis companies hurt patient health, survival and transplant rates
As large, for-profit dialysis chains acquired more than 1,200 smaller providers across the U.S. from 1998 to 2010, they cut skilled medical staff, increased patient volumes, altered drug regimens and adopted other practices that hurt patient health, according to new research from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business.
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