Private hospital
Encyclopedia
A private hospital is a hospital
owned by a profit company or a non-profit organisation and privately funded through payment
for medical services by patients themselves, by insurers, or by foreign embassies. This practice is very common in the United States
and Australia
. In the United Kingdom
, private hospitals are distinguished from the far more prevalent National Health Service
institutions.
Hospital
A hospital is a health care institution providing patient treatment by specialized staff and equipment. Hospitals often, but not always, provide for inpatient care or longer-term patient stays....
owned by a profit company or a non-profit organisation and privately funded through payment
Payment
A payment is the transfer of wealth from one party to another. A payment is usually made in exchange for the provision of goods, services or both, or to fulfill a legal obligation....
for medical services by patients themselves, by insurers, or by foreign embassies. This practice is very common in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. In the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
, private hospitals are distinguished from the far more prevalent National Health Service
National Health Service
The National Health Service is the shared name of three of the four publicly funded healthcare systems in the United Kingdom. They provide a comprehensive range of health services, the vast majority of which are free at the point of use to residents of the United Kingdom...
institutions.
See also
- Hospital Corporation of AmericaHospital Corporation of AmericaHospital Corporation of America is the largest private operator of health care facilities in the world, It is based in Nashville, Tennessee and is widely considered to be the single largest factor in making that city a hotspot for healthcare enterprise.-History:The founders of HCA include Jack C....
largest operator of private hospitals in the United States - Spire HealthcareSpire HealthcareSpire Healthcare is a large British healthcare organisation with 37 hospitals in the UK, and the second largest private hospital group in the UK. It was formed when private equity firm Cinven acquired Bupa Hospitals in 2007....
, UK - NuffieldNuffieldNuffield may refer to:*Nuffield College, Oxford, one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom*Nuffield Foundation, a British charitable trust, established in 1943 by William Morris...
, UK