Analysis shows U.S. nonprofit hospitals embracing more high-risk investments

Health economics and public health experts have sought to shine a spotlight on the financialization of health care in the 21st century, but most of the literature has focused on how private equity and other financial actors are turning health care organizations like hospitals, nursing homes and physician practices into investment targets.

A new paper is one of the first to systematically document how hospitals are also actively engaging in the financialization process as investors. ...