A private hospital is a hospital not owned by the government, including for-profits and non-profits . Funding is by patients themselves ("self-pay"), by insurers, or by foreign embassies. Private hospitals are commonly part, albeit in varying degrees, of the majority of healthcare systems around the world.
4-676: Saint James Capua Hospital is a private hospital located in Sliema , Malta . The hospital was founded in 1996 as the Capua Palace Hospital , named for the Palazzo Capua on whose former gardens the hospital was constructed. In 2002 the hospital was taken over by Saint James Hospital Group , which owns other hospitals in Malta , Libya and Hungary . Saint James Hospital Group offers private medical care across many departments, each specialised in
8-690: A particular field. 35°54′47″N 14°30′12″E / 35.9131°N 14.5033°E / 35.9131; 14.5033 Private hospital In the United Kingdom private hospitals are distinguished from National Health Service (NHS) institutions. However, many National Health Service hospitals provide some privately funded care in Private Patient Units (PPUs), and are included as private hospitals for competition law purposes. As of December 2018, there were an estimated 556 hospitals with over 9,000 beds providing privately funded care in
12-838: The South East of England. In 1979 there were about 4,000 beds in UK private hospitals According to the 2014 American Hospital Association Annual Survey, there are 5,686 hospitals in the United States. Of that total, 2,904 are public hospitals, and 1,060 are private. There are a total of 795,603 staffed beds in public hospitals and 118,910 staffed beds in private hospitals. Public hospitals had about 33.6 million admissions annually while private hospitals had about 1.8 million admissions annually. There are 126 hospitals in New York City aside from specialized state and Federal institutions. Of these, 32, with
16-577: The UK, in addition to many more private clinics providing outpatient services. Around 812,000 privately funded admissions occurred in 2017, comprising same-day treatment ("day-case") or overnight stays ("inpatient"). Of these, 714,000 took place in independent hospitals, and 97,000 in NHS facilities. Additionally, some 546,000 NHS-funded admissions were conducted at independent (private) hospitals. Privately funded care, and private hospitals, are most prevalent in London and
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