Study finds private equity firms acquired over 500 autism therapy centers in the past decade
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A new study from Brown University researchers reveals that private equity firms acquired over 500 autism therapy centers across the U.S. in the past decade, with nearly 80% of those acquisitions occurring within a four-year span. The research highlights how financial firms are rapidly entering a sensitive area of healthcare with minimal public scrutiny or data transparency.
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Study author Yashaswini Singh, a health economist at Brown's School of Public Health, said the work highlights how financial firms are rapidly moving into a sensitive area of health care with little public scrutiny or data on where
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