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proprietary hospital

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proprietary hospital
n.
A hospital operated as a profit-making business and owned by a corporation, investment group, or by physicians who use it primarily for their own patients.

proprietary hospital,
a hospital operated as a profit-making organization. Many proprietary hospitals are owned by physicians who operate them primarily for their own patients but also accept patients from other physicians. Some proprietary hospitals are owned by investor groups or large corporations.


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These schools were largely unregulated, often started by physicians in their own proprietary hospitals, with little attention given to the students.
The other two hospitals I worked in were teaching hospitals, and JFK is the first proprietary hospital as well as the first community hospital that I've worked in.
Economies of scale aided a proprietary hospital lab that increased its testing for home care agencies and nursing homes, achieving higher volume and less cost per test.
 
 
 
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