Business Assignment
Refer to the readings and videos from this week and previous weeks where necessary to answer the following questions:
1) How efficient are non-profit hospitals at providing uncompensated car vs for-profit hospitals?
2) What requirements are needed for a hospital to receive non-profit status?
3) Are a hospital's financial losses on charity care an adequate measure of its social responsiveness to people's unmet needs?
4) Does requiring hospitals to accept a minimum amount of annual financial loss on uncompensated care promote cost savings throughout the health care system?
5) How far does the safety-net provision of charity care in hospital emergency departments and clinics advance the goal of supporting healthy communities?
6) What distinguishes the act of giving care to someone who does not pay due to indigence?
• Book: Chapter 4: Modeling Community Benefits: Social Contract, Common Good, Covenant
• Media Article: Very Profitable Nonprofit Hospitals...But Where Are The Profits Going? By Bruce Y. Lee.
• Media Video: "The Economics of Healthcare" (YouTube Video).
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
(1) The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
(2) The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
(3) Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.