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Victor Agbafe

Wilmington
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MD/JD Student @umichmedicine and @YaleLawSch!| @Harvard alum| Seeking impact at the intersection of medicine, policy, and innovation.

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Private Equity's Opportunities and Challenges in North Carolina's Health Care Ecosystem

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By Andrea Thoumi, Victor Agbafe, Olurotimi Kukoyi, Gabriela Plascencia
| North Carolina Medical Journal
To the Editor - Private equity (PE) firms-investment companies that acquire, manage, and later sell businesses to generate returns for investors-exert a growing influence on North Carolina's health care sector, raising concerns about their impact on cost, quality, and equitable access to health services. Nationally, PE acquisitions of physician practices increased more than 6-fold, from 75 deals in 2012 to 484 deals in 2021.
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Financial Toxicity Among Patients With Traumatic Finger Amputation: A Retrospective Study

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By Victor Agbafe, Erika D. Sears, Jessica I. Billig, Clarice E. Gaines
| SAGE Publishing
Get full access to this article View all access and purchase options for this article. References 1. Adrion ER, Ryan AM, Seltzer AC, et al. Out-of-pocket spending for hospitalizations among nonelderly adults. JAMA Intern Med. 2016;176(9):1325-1332. 2. Billig JI, Chen JS, Lu YT, et al. The economic burden of out-of-pocket expenses for plastic surgery procedures. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2020;145(6):1541-1551. 3. Johansen ME, Yun JD. Emergency department out-of-pocket expenditures by insurance, 1999 to 2016.
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Comprehensive SEC Disclosure Rules Can Reduce Health Care Emissions

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By Victor Agbafe, Hardeep Singh Verified, Elizabeth Cerceo
| Health Affairs Verified
Emissions from the health care sector are estimated to represent about 5 percent of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Despite the magnitude of health care’s climate footprint, change has been frustratingly slow and has lagged behind other sectors.
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