Many feared that the government's reforms, and in particular patient choice, would harm equity.
Social Science & Medicine, 47(1891 1896–1896) has argued that, while health reforms are designed to improve efficiency, they have considerable potential to harm equity in the delivery of health care services.
Although proving that the later stages of those reforms, which included patient choice, provider competition, and expanded capacity, was a catalyst for improvements in equity is impossible, the data show that these reforms, at a minimum, did not harm equity.
This should enable them to stave off a rise in bankruptcies that could harm private equity's appeal to investors.These days private-equity firms also look more to wring profits from improving the operations of their firms.
To be impactful as a director, we need to look out for the risks that will either harm our brand equity or enhance our company.
4 Although initial results from the pilot of choice in London suggested that little or no difference existed in the take up of choice by different social classes, no aggregate evidence has been available on whether the reforms have harmed or improved equity.
"I beg you, judges of equity, do no harm," Mr. Blackman said to the bench.
Even a strong result from the firm's derivatives outfit and its hedge fund servicing areas in the equity division was harmed by trading losses.
"We were seen as an adversary and resistant to receiving the kids, and that was not the case". To some observers the Palisades controversy was no different from the battles that took place during mandatory busing, when white parents feared that the quality of education would be harmed by the push for equity.
20 In contrast, several analysts argued that the expansion of choice for patients and competition between providers would not only not improve equity but would harm it.
