My guess for the reason they goin for profit, is because they need the cash to pay for the malpractice suits (ex. someone gets shot in head=family
complains that they didnt do all they could to save person=$$$ for family) This is because of all the paid off judges, and inflation
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Topic started on 30-1-2005 @ 03:01 AM by a3s73rg30ne
Are hospitals a business? More and more hospitals are becoming for-profit.
www.pioneerinstitute.org...
www.physiciansnews.com...
www.nursingworld.org...
And while many for-profit hospitals aren't efficient as they should be, it's only a matter of time before they become huge cash-cows because 1> everyone gets sick, 2> health isn't a luxury, it's a necessity, and 3> diseases are becoming more chronic. Obviously, since hospitals are reactive (focused on treatment), rather than proactive (focused on prevention), this sets a dangerous trend, wherein the hospitals will want to maximize treatments, including lab tests and medications, such as giving everyone multi-vitamins and stool softeners at 5 bux a pop each.
Obviously this begs further analysis. I myself have seen hospitals being promoted as businesses, with special emphasis on client-relations. It's a very disheartening thing to realize, but I've seen this happening more and more. While many hospitals aren't owned outright by corporations, they are indirectly owned by them. Pharmaceuticals pump doctors with huge amounts of money and frequently get kick-backs when they prescribe a certain number of prescriptions. Corporations, like Baxter that make the machines for hospitals and Hillrom who make many of the beds for hospitals, frequently will give their machines away free or at severely reduced prices and work off service-fees. Once they build up a cozy relationship with the hospital, then they crank up their prices. Then of course, there's Memorial-Hermann that merged several years ago, and there's Tenet....
www.pioneerinstitute.org...
www.physiciansnews.com...
www.nursingworld.org...
And while many for-profit hospitals aren't efficient as they should be, it's only a matter of time before they become huge cash-cows because 1> everyone gets sick, 2> health isn't a luxury, it's a necessity, and 3> diseases are becoming more chronic. Obviously, since hospitals are reactive (focused on treatment), rather than proactive (focused on prevention), this sets a dangerous trend, wherein the hospitals will want to maximize treatments, including lab tests and medications, such as giving everyone multi-vitamins and stool softeners at 5 bux a pop each.
Obviously this begs further analysis. I myself have seen hospitals being promoted as businesses, with special emphasis on client-relations. It's a very disheartening thing to realize, but I've seen this happening more and more. While many hospitals aren't owned outright by corporations, they are indirectly owned by them. Pharmaceuticals pump doctors with huge amounts of money and frequently get kick-backs when they prescribe a certain number of prescriptions. Corporations, like Baxter that make the machines for hospitals and Hillrom who make many of the beds for hospitals, frequently will give their machines away free or at severely reduced prices and work off service-fees. Once they build up a cozy relationship with the hospital, then they crank up their prices. Then of course, there's Memorial-Hermann that merged several years ago, and there's Tenet....
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