Where Healthcare is Provided
In healthcare, most people realize there is a difference between public and private sectors. The services provided in a private hospital versus a public hospital are the same the difference is the governance of the facility. The differences between the facilities could be the type of care provided, the insurance plans used, cost, and healthcare providers. In a private hospital the facility is governed by own person or a group of people who manages the finances on their own. Everything is under control of that private body including the doctors, staff, administration, the whole funds process. Now private hospitals will be pricier than the public ones. The reason being is that the technology will more than likely
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A private hospital will often attend you faster especially since they usually have less patients. Private hospitals will have better and more advanced equipment that remains durable. Yet with the public ones, they are not always best and are not as reliable since they may become damaged from being used so much. In public hospitals the number of patients per doctor is a lot higher which is probably why the wait time is longer and the attention is divided amongst more. This can make the patient feel less of a relationship with the doctor and cause the doctor exhaustion. Another difference is that private sectors make the profit for themselves, which cannot be said of the public …show more content…
Insurance plans by the government usually cover all or most of the cost while the private insurance providers may cause you to pay most or all of the coverage including deductibles and copayments. The healthcare provider may also vary depending on the type of insurance. Many facilities accept public health insurance but not all do which is why it is important to contact either your insurance provider or the healthcare facility to learn about where your visits will be covered by your plan.
Overall, both sectors generally provide the same services. It is obvious that better and faster service will be pricier than those basic services provided in the public sectors. If you have the money to go to a private hospital I would be more comfortable knowing that ill get individual care and better specialists and technology, therefore I’d prefer a private sector in a life or death situation. However, for general visits or non-life threatening issues I would not mind a public hospital since it is more cost efficient.
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Describe the differences between nonprofit and for-profit hospitals. William & Torres provided a table to reflect hospital ownership, and noted that some hospitals, while owned by one type of entity, may be operating under a contract by another entity, such as a hospital management company (Williams & Torres, page 185). Some of the largest groups of hospitals in the nation are nonprofit community hospitals (Williams & Torrens, page 185). Nonprofit entities, including hospitals, function under special provisions of corporation law in each state, and under federal and state tax provisions that recognize their community service function (Williams & Torrens, page 185).
Private health care is superior than the public health care system because it has efficient treatment, better individual care and is cost efficient. I think that the socialist health care system weakens a person's ability to reach a quality of life.
Some are different than the other. For example, the US scarce resources in the healthcare system is prescription drugs, due to the costs of them. Some prescription drugs can be very expensive which makes them so scarce. If your insurance cannot cover it and have to pay out of pocket it could be very hard to get because some are overly priced. For the UK their scarce resources are the development of new technology, new treatments, and new drugs increases the NHS’s ability to supply, but at the same time encourages demand to such an extent that demand substantially exceeds supply. This creates long waiting lists and shortages of hospital beds. A privatised NHS would allow prices to rise to reflect the true cost of supply. This would, of course, violate the principle of free and universal treatment. However, rising costs have forced a re-think funding. The US healthcare system has different allocates to their resources than the UK healthcare system.
I agree with Heath’s argument that a two-tier health care system is effective as long as it does not undermine the integrity of the public insurance mechanism. The main argument against the two-tier health care system is that doctors will turn away from the public sector to pursue a higher income within a private practice. The concern arises that this will cause a scarcity of doctors within the public sector. I believe this argument is invalid and will discuss throughout this paper why the two-tier system improves upon health care systems in many ways.
They both follow the concept of holism i.e. treating a person physically as well as mentally. The difference is in the level of care, the privacy they provide, their admission requirement, and the coverage by Medicare.
The public health care system in Canada is still flawed, proven through the wait times that many patients have to go through. Canadians may wait up to six to nine months for “non-urgent” MRIs . The waiting list is dreary for Canadians, unlike Americans who can get their services immediately through paying out-of-pocket, the long public sector in Alberta waits up to a year for services, the wait for cataract surgery was six weeks ; these waits for some patients put the public health care system to shame, and helps push the idea of the privatized health care system a bettering option for the future of the nation. Additionally, 41 percent of adult Canadians said they experienced a difficulty in accessing hospital and physician care on weekday nights and weekends . Furthermore, it is still evident that Canadians in fact pay a higher income tax compared to Americans, due to the fact that they are paying the fund the health care system through their taxes; however, it is still significantly less to pay for a public health care system than it is privatized . Privatization is further proved as a superior choice with regards to the discharge situation many Canadians face. In Canada, it is common to see patients discharged earlier than recommended due the rising amount of patients using the free-of-charge public health care system, patients are released “quicker and sicker” because of this . Additionally, when discharged, the public health care system does not cover home care and private nurse care ; further proving the notion that there is still some forms of privatization already in the health care system in
insurance coverage is important and can be obtained through government sources, employer benefit programs, or private providers.)
Privatizing healthcare will impact those who can afford full coverage, and those who can only afford minimal coverage. It will also affect small businesses who won’t be forced to provide healthcare to their employees, a huge expense that would save money, and allow for the hiring of new staff. Overall, better treatment will be provided if the government is removed from the equation. By allowing healthcare businesses to compete with each other, limits will be pushed to accommodate patients. Providers will work to find new cures and new methods of treatment, in order to draw more customers to them. The private healthcare system will compensate doctors and medical professionals for their skill and abilities, and the better they treat their patients, the
In Conclusion, the health care systems in both countries have their strong points as well as their weaknesses but I would still much rather have our own health care system. I hope these facts about the different systems will help you better understand them.
Medicare itself covers the basics from Hospital care to Home health services. There are many things that come into play on what Medicare can and can’t cover. The first being federal and then state laws that vary depending on the region where you live. Usually Medicare makes national coverage decisions to decide what is covered throughout the United States. Also, local companies can deem something either necessary or unnecessary in certain areas.
In order to provide affordable health care, government should have huge amount of money to be invested in the hospitals, for arranging doctors and for financing.
...staff would not be required to put in the overtime to compensate for the lack of workers. Patients would no longer have to suffer the neglect of the staff because he or she was too busy. Making sure the patient gets the best quality care reduces the time spent for recovery. Reducing the time spent for recovery increases the organization’s finances. Providing a safe facility also reduces the expenses on the private hospital’s budget. Ensuring a patient is safe can reduce potential use of ongoing treatment and services. Hiring the appropriate nursing staff needed can save the organization money. Instead of cutting back on staff, more staff needs to be hired to fulfil the needs of the patient. In the economy today, private hospitals need to focus on the overall long term effects of each action opposed to quick reactions resulting in financial strain for the facility.
Health insurance provides benefits for sickness, injury, surgery, and prescription medication. There are a variety of plans with different
The price you pay for the same procedure, at the same hospital, may vary enormously depending on what kind of health insurance you have in the US. That's because of bargaining power. He talks about how government programs, like Medicare and Medicaid, can ask for a lower price from health service providers because they have the numbers: the hospital has to comply or else risk losing the business of millions of Americans. Greene also mentions that there are dozens of private health insurance providers in the United States and they each need to bargain for prices with hospitals and doctors. The numbers of people private insurances represent are much less than the government programs. That means a higher price when you go to the doctor or fill a prescription. Uninsured individuals have the least bargaining power. Without any insurance, you will pay the highest price. Lastly, John discusses the complicated reasons why the United States spends so much more on health care than any other country in the world, and along the way reveals some surprising information, including that Americans spend more of their tax dollars on public health care than
A hospital is an institution that provides medical services for a community. Hospitals can be looked at from many different aspects. The main ones are length of stay, kinds of service, and the type of ownership. Short-term hospitals make up most hospitals. The patients in these hospitals stay only less than a month. The community of a hospital make up how much recognition they might receive. Community and nonprofit hospitals always spend more money for patient care than they receive in fees.