Arguments Against Non Profit Hospitals

To understand the concerns and arguments for and against non-profit hospitals, it is important to know what they are and what they are about; as well as for-profit hospitals. As explained and described by the career information organization JobMonkey in their article “Health Care Non Profit Organizations - Not for Profit Health Services Jobs”, non-profit hospital is defined as, a solely community-focused healthcare organization that supplies various services from within the hospital with no desire to seek a profit, as well as services that are not located within the hospital but are connected through other specialties such as dentistry, etc. They also offer services that not only teach about the afflictions on the patient for families, but they also educate others how to prevent it from happening …show more content…
Using a 2014 study that was updated in 2016 aimed against non-profit hospitals titled, “Why Nonprofits are the Most Profitable Hospitals in the U.S.” written by Laura Sesana who is the senior editor of Arbiter news and has written and been verified in the field of science and health, of all of the hospitals in the U.S. the percentage of non-profit hospitals was 41% (Sesana). Comparatively, as stated by Seungchul Lee in his journal "Determinants of Market Share of for-Profit Hospitals: An Empirical Examination” aimed at mainly describing for-profit hospitals, for-profit hospital has a staff consisting of physicians that systematize and govern the hospital that are not able to receive permitting advantages at current non-profit hospitals (Lee 1). As reported by the George Washington University School of Business Healthcare MBA departments’ article, “Profit