Healthcare Cost (Week-6)



Healthcare Cost (Week-6)

Discussion-1

Hospitals in the midst of 19th and 20th Century

Hospitals and healthcare services surely have received a significant amount of boom in the 19th Century, and it is still on the verge of endless continuation till now. The incorporation of x-ray machines, laundry rooms, as well as telephone systems, are considered as the parts and parcels of 'modern hospital'. Howell (1995) has carefully examined the potential difference between the transformation of various medicinal and hospital equipments in the era of 1900s. However, religious institutions were the first to serve the humanity particularly in the South and West of United States. Moreover, during the era of 1865-1925, almost every region of the US has been faced with the huge transformation from the old hospitals to the newly designed and developed hospitals which were quite expensive but were quite better than the previous ones. Moreover, they have served a huge number of middle-class patients who are willing to pay. However, this era has also facilitated enhanced financial pressure on the healthcare organizations along with the competition. The key feature of the current era was the incorporation of scientific grounds, which have altered the hospital decisions to a much greater extent.

By the end of 1925, most of the American hospitals are equipped with the latest and best quality x-ray machines, laboratories along with the incorporation of operation rooms for the betterment as well as safety of the patients. In the era of Great Depression, the total number of hospitals were 6,562 which were declined to 6,613 as reported from the Council on Medical Education and Hospitals. Moreover, during the period of 1909-1932, the hospital beds were increased by a factor of six as compared to the general population. (Wall, 1998). History of Hospitals.)The twentieth century has also witnessed the increased organizational complexity in the hospital. This has also made the incorporation of technology in the domain of hospitals. Complex electronic devices; like, ETT, Echocardiography, CT scanners and much more are due to the advancements as well as the help of previous hospital personnel (Howell, J.D., 1996).

For-Profit and Non-For-Profit

There are three types of entities in hospitals; one is nonprofit second one is for-profit, and the last one comprises of government-own hospitals. While considering the scenario of a nonprofit organization, a number of factors affect them while considering the foundation and personnel selection for it. Around two third of all the US urban hospitals are non-profit based while the rest are either under government ownership or even for-profit based. The personnel residing in the non profit based organization should have ample care factor within themselves. It means that they should be willing serve the humanity without any cost. Moreover, they should possess the intention of helping out the poor personnel. Most of the non-profit organization of inherent charity generation and collection system, this helps the workforce to work sometimes free of cost while sometimes on a meager salary (Helenismith.me, ...