THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT HOSPITALS IN THE TREATEMENT OF POOR PATIENTS: A Sociological Study

As healthcare quality becomes an increasingly important issue around the world, hospitals need to pay more serious attention to this issue. Independent external assessment of quality is one of the most powerful ways to assess this aspect of healthcare, and hospital accreditation is one way to achieve this.  In 2011, the World Health Organization reported that hospitalization was more dangerous than flying. Globally, the probability of a patient experiencing a treatment error in a hospital was about 10%, and the probability of death from an error was about one in 300. According to Liam Donaldson. 7% of hospitalized patients in developed countries and 10% in developing countries, acquire at least one healthcare-associated infection.  In the US, 1.7 million infections are acquired in the hospital each year, leading to 100,000 deaths, much worse than Europe, where 4.5 million infections and 37,000 deaths occurred. A hospital is a place where patients are provided with health care and treatment. Specialized medical staff monitor the condition of patients on an ongoing basis. It also provides medical treatment for chronic illnesses. Today, hospitals are mostly privately funded, either through for-profit or non-profit health organizations, health insurance companies or charities, or through direct charitable contributions. Throughout history, hospitals have been funded, established, and maintained by religious institutions, with the help of individuals other than themselves for the benefit of the public. Modern-day hospitals are now staffed by a large number of professionals, including surgeons and nurses. Today, religious organizations, charitable foundations, and volunteer groups establish hospitals.

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