Most health care investors expect the number of mergers and acquisitions in that sector to increase, analysts report.
The analysts, at the Mergermarket Group, New York, have prepared a health care M&A review based interviews with about 75 U.S. health care investors.
About 80% predicted health care sector M&A activity will increase in the coming 12 months, and 16% predicted activity will "increase significantly."
About 65% said the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and other health system change efforts will have the biggest effect on health care provider and payer M&A activity. Only 5% cited opportunities to acquire distressed businesses as the biggest driver.
