The last decade has witnessed a rapid increase in private equity (PE) acquisitions of health care organizations.¹ This phenomenon has been described in 3 recent articles.^2-4 However, very little is known about PE investment in behavioral health⁵ despite substantial energy in this sphere. In 2016, PE transactions accounted for 60% of all sales in behavioral health care, and the 24 large behavioral health investments that year far exceeded the 11 such investments, at that time a record, made in 2013.⁶ This Viewpoint is intended to provide early insights into this phenomenon.

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行为健康治疗中心的私募股权投资。

过去十年见证了对医疗保健组织的私募股权（PE）收购的快速增长。¹在最近的3篇文章中已经描述了这种现象。^{2 -4}然而，尽管在这方面投入了大量精力，但关于行为健康^5的体育投资却知之甚少。在2016年，PE交易占行为保健全部销售额的60％，而24倍大行为健康的投资，今年远远超过了11个这样的投资，当时的记录，在2013年取得⁶这一观点的目的是提供对这种现象的早期见解。