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Joseph Bruch

TitleAssistant Professor
InstitutionUniversity of Chicago
DepartmentPublic Health Sciences
AddressChicago IL 60637
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    Harvard UniversityPhD
    Harvard UniversityMSc
    University of PennsylvaniaBA

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    DP2AG109047     (BRUCH, JOSEPH DOV)Sep 15, 2026 - Jun 30, 2031
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    The Impacts of Consultants on Financial, Operational, and Quality Outcomes in the U.S. Health System
    Role: Principal Investigator

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    1. Fang CC, Bruch JD. Nonprofit Hospital Investments At $300 Billion In 2023 With Rising Complexity, Volatility. Health Aff (Millwood). 2026 Jul; 45(7):750-755. PMID: 42413057.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    2. Bruch JD, Fang CC, Zeng YB, Parthan A, Gandhi AD. Changes in Nonprofit Hospitals' Finances, Operations, and Quality of Care After Using Management Consultants. JAMA. 2026 06 02; 335(21):1870-1878. PMID: 42081210; PMCID: PMC13140087.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    3. Rahim A, Eom KY, Bruch JD. Overturned Health Insurance Claim Denials. JAMA Intern Med. 2026 Jun 01; 186(6):779-781. PMID: 41973410; PMCID: PMC13077570.
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    4. Bruch JD, Thurston C. Financial epidemiology: Linking financialization to population health. Soc Sci Med. 2026 Mar; 392:118930. PMID: 41520648.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:HumansPHPublic Health
    5. Chin MH, Bruch JD, Grogan CM, Huang ES, Kandula NR, Kim DD, Peek ME, Pollack HA. How to Fix a Broken Health Care System: Pathways to Maximize Health and Well-being for All. Diabetes Care. 2026 Jan 01; 49(1):44-62. PMID: 40542616; PMCID: PMC12977014.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    6. Ramesh T, Bruch JD, Tsai TC. Hospital survival is threatened in the era of big finance. BMJ. 2025 Dec 18; 391:r2644. PMID: 41412597.
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    7. Bruch JD, Ramesh T, Yu EB, Zheng J, Phelan J, Orav EJ, Tsai TC. Changes in hospital financial performance and quality of care after real estate investment trust acquisition: quasi-experimental difference-in-differences study. BMJ. 2025 Dec 18; 391:e086226. PMID: 41412593; PMCID: PMC12712781.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    8. Bruch JD, Kannan S, Song Z. Response to "How Should We Assess Quality of Health Care Services in Organizations Owned by Private Equity Firms?" AMA J Ethics. 2025 Oct 10; 27(10):E764-767. PMID: 41032349.
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    9. Kannan S, Bruch JD, Zubizarreta JR, Stevens J, Song Z. Hospital Staffing and Patient Outcomes After Private Equity Acquisition. Ann Intern Med. 2025 11; 178(11):1529-1538. PMID: 40982974.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    10. Fang CC, Wang SD, Cantor J, Whaley CM, Briscombe B, Bruch JD. Pay Gap Between Nonprofit Hospital CEOs And Employees Grew, 2009-23. Health Aff (Millwood). 2025 08; 44(8):953-962. PMID: 40758930.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:HumansCellsPHPublic Health
    11. Bruch JD, Fang CC, Cliff BQ. Prevalence of Medical Credit Cards by Specialty. JAMA Health Forum. 2025 Apr 04; 6(4):e250174. PMID: 40215074; PMCID: PMC11992600.
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    12. Bruch JD, Khazen M, Mahmic-Kaknjo M, Légaré F, Ellen ME. The effects of shared decision making on health outcomes, health care quality, cost, and consultation time: An umbrella review. Patient Educ Couns. 2024 Dec; 129:108408. PMID: 39214045.
      Citations: 15     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    13. Tung EL, Bruch JD, Chin MH, Menconi M, Peek ME, Huang ES. Associations of U.S. hospital closure (2007-2018) with area socioeconomic disadvantage and racial/ethnic composition. Ann Epidemiol. 2024 04; 92:40-46. PMID: 38432535; PMCID: PMC11144480.
      Citations: 7     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    14. Bruch JD, Roy V, Grogan CM. The Financialization of Health in the United States. N Engl J Med. 2024 01 11; 390(2):178-182. PMID: 38197821.
      Citations: 13     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    15. Kannan S, Bruch JD, Song Z. Changes in Hospital Adverse Events and Patient Outcomes Associated With Private Equity Acquisition. JAMA. 2023 12 26; 330(24):2365-2375. PMID: 38147093; PMCID: PMC10751598.
      Citations: 30     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    16. Borsa A, Bejarano G, Ellen M, Bruch JD. Evaluating trends in private equity ownership and impacts on health outcomes, costs, and quality: systematic review. BMJ. 2023 07 19; 382:e075244. PMID: 37468157; PMCID: PMC10354830.
      Citations: 42     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    17. Bruch JD, Richardson SS. Women's health, Inc. Lancet. 2023 04 15; 401(10384):1258-1259. PMID: 37062291.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    18. Kadakia KT, Zheng J, Bruch JD, Tsai TC. Comparison of the Financial and Operational Characteristics of For-Profit and Nonprofit Hospitals Receiving Federal Graduate Medical Education Payments, 2011-2020. JAMA. 2023 01 10; 329(2):173-175. PMID: 36625818; PMCID: PMC9857109.
      Citations: 3     Fields:    
    19. Bruch JD, Foot C, Singh Y, Song Z, Polsky D, Zhu JM. Workforce Composition In Private Equity-Acquired Versus Non-Private Equity-Acquired Physician Practices. Health Aff (Millwood). 2023 01; 42(1):121-129. PMID: 36623222.
      Citations: 18     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    20. Singh Y, Song Z, Polsky D, Bruch JD, Zhu JM. Association of Private Equity Acquisition of Physician Practices With Changes in Health Care Spending and Utilization. JAMA Health Forum. 2022 09 02; 3(9):e222886. PMID: 36218927; PMCID: PMC9440392.
      Citations: 44     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    21. Bruch JD, Nair-Desai S, Orav EJ, Tsai TC. Private Equity Acquisitions Of Ambulatory Surgical Centers Were Not Associated With Quality, Cost, Or Volume Changes. Health Aff (Millwood). 2022 09; 41(9):1291-1298. PMID: 36067436.
      Citations: 6     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    22. Bruch JD, Katz T, Ramesh T, Appelbaum E, Batt R, Tsai TC. Trends in Real Estate Investment Trust Ownership of US Health Care Properties. JAMA Health Forum. 2022 05; 3(5):e221012. PMID: 35977256; PMCID: PMC9107031.
      Citations: 2     Fields:    
    23. Gompers A, Bruch JD, Richardson SS. Are COVID-19 Case Fatality Rates a Reliable Measure of Sex Disparities? Womens Health Issues. 2022 Mar-Apr; 32(2):87-89. PMID: 34930640; PMCID: PMC8616740.
      Citations: 5     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    24. Shattuck-Heidorn H, Danielsen AC, Gompers A, Bruch JD, Zhao H, Boulicault M, Marsella J, Richardson SS. A finding of sex similarities rather than differences in COVID-19 outcomes. Nature. 2021 09; 597(7877):E7-E9. PMID: 34552251.
      Citations: 18     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    25. Borsa A, Bruch JD. Prevalence and performance of private equity-affiliated fertility practices in the United States. Fertil Steril. 2022 01; 117(1):124-130. PMID: 34538462; PMCID: PMC8714667.
      Citations: 6     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    26. Bruch JD, Song Z, Feldman J. Use of private management consultants in public health. BMJ. 2021 09 07; 374:n2145. PMID: 34493533.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    27. Bruch JD, Barin O, Venkataramani AS, Song Z. Mortality Before and After Border Wall Construction Along the US-Mexico Border, 1990-2017. Am J Public Health. 2021 09; 111(9):1636-1644. PMID: 34197717; PMCID: PMC8589061.
      Citations: 4     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    28. Bruch J, Gondi S, Song Z. COVID-19 and Private Equity Investment in Health Care Delivery. JAMA Health Forum. 2021 Mar 01; 2(3):e210182. PMID: 36218441.
      Citations: 2     Fields:    
    29. Bruch JD, Borsa A, Song Z, Richardson SS. Expansion of Private Equity Involvement in Women's Health Care. JAMA Intern Med. 2020 11 01; 180(11):1542-1545. PMID: 32833005; PMCID: PMC7445626.
      Citations: 5     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    30. Bruch JD, Gondi S, Song Z. Changes in Hospital Income, Use, and Quality Associated With Private Equity Acquisition. JAMA Intern Med. 2020 11 01; 180(11):1428-1435. PMID: 32833006; PMCID: PMC7445629.
      Citations: 33     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    31. Bruch J, Zeltzer D, Song Z. Characteristics of Private Equity-Owned Hospitals in 2018. Ann Intern Med. 2021 02; 174(2):277-279. PMID: 32986485; PMCID: PMC8299539.
      Citations: 10     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    32. Bruch JD, Bellamy D. Charity Care: Do Nonprofit Hospitals Give More than For-Profit Hospitals? J Gen Intern Med. 2021 10; 36(10):3279-3280. PMID: 32875506; PMCID: PMC8481424.
      Citations: 5     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    33. Bruch JD. Intestinal infection associated with future onset of an anxiety disorder: Results of a nationally representative study. Brain Behav Immun. 2016 Oct; 57:222-226. PMID: 27223096.
      Citations: 13     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    34. Nathan DM, Dunn FL, Bruch J, McKitrick C, Larkin M, Haggan C, Lavin-Tompkins J, Norman D, Rogers D, Simon D. Postprandial insulin profiles with implantable pump therapy may explain decreased frequency of severe hypoglycemia, compared with intensive subcutaneous regimens, in insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus patients. Am J Med. 1996 Apr; 100(4):412-7. PMID: 8610727.
      Citations: 17     Fields:    Translation:HumansCTClinical Trials
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