Here are the nine healthcare subsectors acquisition firms are prioritizing:
Digital health/healthcare IT companies
1. No. 1 priority: 26 percent
2. No. 2 priority: 17 percent
3. No. 3 priority: 17 percent
Biotech and pharmaceutical companies
4. No. 1 priority: 20 percent
5. No. 2 priority: 17 percent
6. No. 3 priority: 9 percent
Home health, long-term care and hospice services
7. No. 1 priority: 16 percent
8. No. 2 priority: 14 percent
9. No. 3 priority: 8 percent
Medical devices and equipment
10. No. 1 priority: 13 percent
11. No. 2 priority: 12 percent
12. No. 3 priority: 10 percent
Non-hospital provider facilities (acute care centers, clinics, nursing centers, ASCs)
13. No. 1 priority: 10 percent
14. No. 2 priority: 12 percent
15. No. 3 priority: 8 percent
Multi-site ancillary practices (dental, dermatology)
16. No. 1 priority: 7 percent
17. No. 2 priority: 11 percent
18. No. 3 priority: 13 percent
Contract research organizations and biotech services firms
19. No. 1 priority: 3 percent
20. No. 2 priority: 7 percent
21. No. 3 priority: 14 percent
Hospitals
22. No. 1 priority: 3 percent
23. No. 2 priority: 3 percent
24. No. 3 priority: 7 percent
Genomics
25. No. 1 priority: 1 percent
26. No. 2 priority: 4 percent
27. No. 3 priority: 7 percent
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