STAT+: Real estate firms own nearly 1 in 10 health care properties

Real estate investment trusts, or REITs, own 8% of all health care properties, according to new research.

Not all hospitals and nursing homes own the property they sit on, and new research attempts to quantify just how many health care providers are tenants in their own buildings.

Real estate investment trusts, or REITs, own 8% of all health care properties, according to estimates published in JAMA Health Forum.

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