private hospitals
Non-government medical facilities
Private hospitals are medical facilities owned and operated by corporations, religious organizations, or other non-government entities rather than by the state.
They typically charge patients directly or bill private insurance, often offering shorter wait times and more amenities than public hospitals: She chose a private hospital for the surgery.
The term implies a contrast with government-funded healthcare systems.
- corporate ownershipFirm's legal possession
- maternity wardsHospital areas for childbirth
- emergency roomsAcute care hospital departments
- licensing requirementsMandated qualifications for permits
- outpatient servicesTreatment without overnight stay
rehabilitation centers · mental health clinics · expatriates · bedside manner · elective surgery · waiting list · medical tourism · out of pocket · health care costs
- Australian HealthPBS, health departments, health ministers, immunisation, vaccination programs
- healthcaredoctors, nurses, clinic, primary care, clinics
- hospitalsER, emergency room, ICU, operating room, operating rooms
- private institutionsreligious schools, boarding schools, prep schools, academies, seminaries
- maternity careantenatal care, maternity care, prenatal screening, midwifery, midwives
- entitiesentity, being, object, thing, item
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Government-operated medical facilities
state-run hospitals · county hospitals · veterans hospitals · military hospitals · VA hospitals
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