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for-profit versus not-for-profit healthcare  

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  • One distinctive feature of the U.S. healthcare system is its mix of nonprofit, for-profit, and public ownership of hospitals, nursing homes, and health insurers. Nonprofits dominate the hospital sector. [Source: Encyclopedia of Health Services Research; For-Profit Versus Not-for-Profit Healthcare]

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