Question

The public hospital in a big city is too busy. It does not have the proper funding to hire enough doctors and nurses to care for the growing city. Many staff have left, and the hospital is in trouble. What factors will influence legislators as they consider policies to solve the problem? public support for keeping the hospital open business interest groups lobbying for more private hospitals wealthy donors who want to name the hospital after themselves the training required to become a doctor or nurse medical research groups that are studying rare diseases

Answer 1

Public support for keeping the hospital open, business interest groups lobbying for more private hospitals, and wealthy donors who wants to name the hospital after themselves.

Answer 2

The correct options are:

Public support for keeping the hospital open.

Business interest groups lobbying for more private hospitals.

Wealthy donors who want to name the hospital after themselves.

A public hospital is owned by the government and has government funding.

In the United States, two-thirds of all urban hospitals are non-profit. The rest of them are either for-profit or public. Public hospitals are not necessarily not-for-profit hospital companies. Urban public hospitals are frequently connected to medical schools.