Healthcare in the US has been traditionally a mixture of not-for-profit and for-profit organizations. Do you think that markets where more for-profit firms exist would be inherently more competitive? Why or why not?
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Markets where more for profit organizations would be competitive on the grounds of better facilities and efficient services. Though middle income groups favour more of not for profit health organizations but te ones favouring high and efficient servies would go for more profit organizations, who would charge more for giving better services.
Hence these organisations would be a competiton for the ones of for profit.
Healthcare in the US has been traditionally a mixture of not-for-profit and for-profit organizations. Do you...
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