What’s the difference between Private and Public Hospitals?
May 13th, 2009 | by Rick |
Kool asked:
What’s the difference between Private and Public Hospitals? Which one’s better to work at? What are the advantages and disadvantages of private and public hospitals?
KARL
What’s the difference between Private and Public Hospitals? Which one’s better to work at? What are the advantages and disadvantages of private and public hospitals?
KARL
8 Responses to “What’s the difference between Private and Public Hospitals?”
By DEAN on May 14, 2009 | Reply
RAY
one says private and one says public. private is a better one to work at
By PHIL on May 16, 2009 | Reply
LLOYD
public hospitals recieve government assistance, and therefore are required to treat people regardless of thier ability to pay.
private hospitals, do not recieve such assistance, and therefore are only required to stabilize emergent situations and ship them to a public hospital when stable if they are unable to pay.
I’ve worked at both and frankly, I preferred working at the public hospital. Not only were the cases more varied, the hospital was not quite so caught up in counting gauzes, and gouging the patients for every penny they could get. Although for the most part, private hospitals can and do tend to pay more.
By BYRON on May 19, 2009 | Reply
WILLIAM
Public hospitals are funded by the government and therefore cannot turn away patients. Private hospitals are privately funded and make their own rules. These are the hospitals that turn away homeless and uninsured patients, as the government doesn’t regulate them. So I guess which one is better to work at depends on how you feel about that.
By ARIEL on May 22, 2009 | Reply
KERRY
Funding
By MARCEL on May 23, 2009 | Reply
MICHAEL
Private hospital’s do not recieve goverment funding and has little perks. It’s like a very expensive hotel. Your basically paying more money for the same treatment at a public hospital Public hospitals recieves public funding and serves anyone and every person that needs help. It’s preference, that’s all.
By TERRY on May 26, 2009 | Reply
REFUGIO
Public Hospitals usually have County, State or federal financial support.
Those are the hospitals that medicaid patients and the indigent plus everyone else can go to.
Private hospitals are not Government supported.
Someone in careers needs to answer which is best to work at. I personally will only go to private hospitals.
By ELTON on May 29, 2009 | Reply
GARRETT
a public hospital is funded by the govt
cant refuse services
is staffed by interns
helps the poor and anyone
a private hospital is not bound by the govt to help the poor
not staffed by interns
better equipped better medical care less hastle less humanity to mess with
By LUCIO on Jun 1, 2009 | Reply
OLLIE
Basically, private hospitals are owned by an individual or group and are “for-profit” institiutions. Public hospitals are often owned by large healthcare corporations and are often “not-for-profit” institittutions. Private hospitals get little to no money from the state or federal government and survive primarily by income generated by insurance contracts (often times these hospitals will accept state or federal insurance plans (ie. Medicaid or Medicare.) Public hospitals will often receive financial assistance from the state and/or the federal government.