Hospitals in the United States have what forms of ownership? (Select a

QUESTION

Hospitals in the United States have what forms of ownership? (Select all that apply.)

1. Sick fund hospitals
2. Public
3. Socialized
4. Private for-profit
5. Private nonprofit

ANSWER:

Correct Answer: 2, 4, 5

The three forms of hospital ownership in the United States are public, private for-profit, and private nonprofit. Health care in the United States has been and continues to be mostly a nonprofit enterprise. The for-profit sector accounted for about 15% of hospital beds over the past 20 years. Germany and Japan have nonprofit health insurance organizations called “sickness funds” that operate the healthcare system with assistance from the government. In socialized medicine the state owns and controls the hospital systems; Britain, Sweden, and Denmark have such systems.