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  "id": 2005821,
  "title": "Projected healthcare services deal count to be lowest since 2017, PitchBook finds",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/projected-healthcare-services-deal-count-to-be-lowest-since-2017",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-19T18:08:50.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Fierce Healthcare",
    "slug": "fierce-healthcare",
    "url": "https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/finance/projected-healthcare-services-deal-count-be-lowest-2017-pitchbook-finds"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Three of four segments, except ancillary and outsourced services, face weakness amid macroeconomic headwinds like looming interest rate hikes and low healthcare services utilization.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}