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[161] Private companies such as Grand Rounds also release quality information and offer services to employers and plans to map quality within their networks. [162] One innovation in encouraging quality of healthcare is the public reporting of the performance of hospitals, health professionals or providers, and healthcare organizations.
As of December 2018, there were an estimated 556 hospitals with over 9,000 beds [3] providing privately funded care in the UK, in addition to many more private clinics providing outpatient services. Around 812,000 privately funded admissions occurred in 2017, [ 4 ] comprising same-day treatment ("day-case") or overnight stays ("inpatient").
Ascension is a large private Catholic healthcare system in the United States. Ascension had 142,000 employees, 142 hospitals, and 40 senior living facilities operating in 19 states and the District of Columbia as of the end of 2021. [1] Ascension is one of the largest nonprofit and one of the largest Catholic health systems in the United States.
A voluntary hospital is a non-profit private hospital. They can be distinguished from for-profit private hospitals , and municipal or public hospitals , which are publicly owned. Created from the eighteenth century onwards in England , hospitals using this model were established later in America , Ireland , and Australia .
The number of private hospitals and doctors increased by 41 percent between 1995 and 2001 as a result of growing demand and growing wealth in a small sector of society. Almost all private health facilities are located in large urban areas such as Damascus, Aleppo, Tartus, and Latakia. [155]
The term "secondary care" is sometimes used synonymously with "hospital care". However, many secondary care providers, such as psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, occupational therapists, most dental specialties or physiotherapists, do not necessarily work in hospitals. Some primary care services are delivered within hospitals.
For profit Psychiatric Solutions was the largest provider of psychiatric services in the nation, until they were bought out by Universal Health Services in 2010. [2] A conceptually related institution is the for-profit HMO, which now comprises the predominant means of delivering medical services in the United States.
These 21 hospitals are 6% of all the hospitals in California but provide care for 80% of the state's population. 40% of their total hospital services is for uninsured patients and 35% is for Medicaid Patients. [29] Alameda Health System. Alameda Hospital; Fairmont Hospital; Highland Hospital; John George Psychiatric Hospital; San Leandro Hospital