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While outpatient care, dental care, and medtech were the most active subsectors, the report warns that the private equity model of short-term profit and high debt leads to cost-cutting and bankruptcies, as seen with Envision Healthcare and GenesisCare. It recommends expanding federal and state pre-merger reviews to protect healthcare quality and access.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"pestake-000011#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"Private equity dealmaking in healthcare declined for the second consecutive year in 2023, driven by macroeconomic factors including labor shortages and high interest rates that made securing financing for debt-funded deals more difficult.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"pestake-000011#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"In 2023, the Private Equity Stakeholder Project (PESP) identified 1,135 unique healthcare deals involving approximately 675 different investors. 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