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.
5-588: Breach Candy Hospital is a private hospital located in Mumbai , India. It is located in the Breach Candy area of South Mumbai . It is well known for the rich and famous patients that have been in the hospital. It was established in 1946 at the upmarket Breach Candy area in South Mumbai, and designed by an English architect Claude Batley . It started functioning as a 25-bed nursing home. Today, BCH
10-703: A hospital in India is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . 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
15-774: Is a multi-specialty hospital with over 206 beds. The hospital's specialists include some of the most distinguished names in the Indian medical profession. Before 2005, the Pirojsha Godrej Foundation funded a wing of the hospital known as the Pirojsha Godrej Wing. Breach Candy Hospital is managed by the Breach Candy Hospital Trust. It provides the following services: The following notable and famous persons were patients at Breach Candy hospital: This article about
20-861: 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
25-584: 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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