Question

• Are hospitals competing on the basis of price, quality, or both? Should hospitals and other health care facilities make a profit? Why or why not?

Answer 1

Answer :

Yes, hospitals are competing on the basis of price, quality. And some hospitals both.

* the better out come may seen in the provide quality of care at lowest cost.

* and quality of care leads to decreases mortality and morbidity rates of population.

* so that competition may increases to that type of hospitals.

All Hospitals and health care facilities make a little profit, some hospitals make a big profit.

* little profit making hospitals are the patient oriented.

* and provide a good quality of care.

* some hospitals may not provide quality of care for low cost.

* some hospitals may get big profit like corporate hospitals ,in these hospitals all health care facilities are available, like big procedures CT scan, MRI, like that.

* so they will buy that instruments only one time, and they use for so many patients and they will put cost for all parties.

* like that they earn money more.

* but some government health care facilities are not get any profit by providing health care, then also they provide good quality care in some hospitals. Ex. ESI hospitals.