Nonprofit Medical Providers Offer Better Care Than For-Profit Peers, Study Finds
June 21, 2006
Nonprofit nursing homes and hospitals on average provide a better quality of care compared with for-profit medical facilities, according to a study in the journal Health Affairs, reports Reuters.
The study looked at 162 cases of nonprofit versus commercial medical providers.
One specific type of nonprofit health groups—hospice and end-of-life care providers—are facing increasing competition from corporations, reports The Detroit News.
The change has forced such charities to use more business approaches, including flashy ad campaigns.
