Non-profit medical institutions refers to medical institutions set up and operated to serve the public interest of the community, not for profit, and whose income is used to cover the cost of medical services.
Difference Comparison
China's medical institutions are generally divided into government-run, non-profit medical institutions, and for-profit medical institutions.
Government-run are generally general hospitals, which undertake the main social medical functions. Non-profit medical institutions generally have their own characteristics or specialties, to assist the government-run social medical functions. For-profit medical institutions generally have a better environment and services, but the fees are high.
Expanded Information
Difference in nature:
(1), different business objectives
Profit medical institutions operating goal is to maximize the pursuit of profit; non-profit medical institutions operating goal is to a specific social goal, not to make money for the purpose.
(2), the distribution of different
Profit medical institutions profit, the investor of the after-tax profits can be dividends; non-profit medical institutions do not aim to make money, but in order to expand the scale of medical care, can also be appropriate profit, but this profit can only be used for their own development, can not be dividends.
(3), the use of income and expenditure balances are different
Profit medical institutions of income and expenditure balances are used for investor returns. Non-profit medical institutions, income and expenditure, balance can not be used for the return of investors, nor for its employees in disguise, all profits and surpluses can only be invested in the re-development of the organization, for the purchase of equipment, the introduction of technology, to carry out new services, or to provide citizens with low-cost health care services.
(4), the price standard is different
Profit medical institutions to provide medical services to implement market-adjusted prices, medical institutions according to the actual cost of services or market supply and demand for independent price setting. The medical services provided by non-profit medical institutions to implement the government-guided price, medical institutions in accordance with the benchmark price set by the competent authorities, and within the scope of its fluctuations, to determine the actual price of medical services in their own units.
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