And thanks to the downturn there has been ample supply of not-for-profit hospitals for sale.
As for the information imbalance, there is no reason why this should matter more in for-profit hospitals.
One morning, I met with a hospital administrator who had extensive experience managing for-profit hospitals along the border.
For-profit hospitals like Wockhardt's are springing up all over to serve these patients.
For-profit hospitals present a big ethical problem, even when they provide proper care.
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Allowing for-profit hospitals and clinics would lead to new investment, increase the range of services and improve quality of life.
Universities and not-for-profit hospitals around the country that had entered into interest rate swaps have been forced also to post collateral.
Houston has oil and gas, but also NASA and the Texas Medical Centre, an agglomeration of 47 not-for-profit hospitals, medical schools and other institutions.
Besides, the distinction between for-profit and non-profit hospitals is smaller than it looks.
HMOs to choose from, a mixed economy of for-profit and non-profit hospitals, and citizens less inclined than ever to accept whatever the medical profession condescends to offer.
Catholic Health Initiatives, a not-for-profit operator of 78 hospitals based in Englewood, Colo.
In-patient care is provided in public and private hospitals (not-for-profit and for-profit).
Yet even though the machines are breathtakingly expensive, hospitals and for-profit clinics are in a race to build proton- beam facilities for their prestige, perceived benefits, and potential revenue.
Mercy Health, a not-for-profit health system in Cincinnati, Ohio that owns six hospitals, was able to reduce its 30-day readmission rate to 14.5% as of November, from 16.9% in 2011, with a Care Transitions program that assigns nurses to high-risk patients to keep them out of the hospital.
The for-profit managed-care firms that force American hospitals to squeeze costs are unknown in Japan.
The best option would be to privatise them, with many hospitals becoming not-for-profit charities.
The PCH, a not-for-profit organisation, was awarded a four-and-a-half year contract to run community hospitals in October 2011.
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Our competitors include CareGroup, a system of five regional hospitals, and a new for-profit chain called the Steward Health Care System.
PCH, a not-for-profit organisation, was awarded a four-and-a-half year contract to run 14 community hospitals in October 2011.
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Not surprisingly, a disproportionate 15 of 25 hospitals on our list were part of for-profit chains.
The hospitals will operate on a not-for-profit basis and will be run in part by a board comprising members of the local community.
Hospitals run for profit are also less likely than nonprofit and government-run institutions to offer services like home health care and psychiatric emergency care, which are not as profitable as open-heart surgery.
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Cornwall's 14 community hospitals are run by the Peninsula Health Community Interest Company, a not-for-profit organisation.
Doctors in such hospitals are paid a flat-rate salary, like the employees of most for-profit companies.
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