Private equity is piling into health care - Healthy returns || The Economist

High prices and stiff competition mean investors must think creatively

"LAST month KKR, a private-equity firm, announced that it would buy Envision Healthcare, one of America’s largest providers of doctors to hospitals. The deal was valued at $9.9bn, including debt.

High prices and stiff competition mean investors must think creatively

"LAST month KKR, a private-equity firm, announced that it would buy Envision Healthcare, one of America’s largest providers of doctors to hospitals. The deal was valued at $9.9bn, including debt.