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If you do this, you will destroy half of the top 20 hospital systems in the US, as they are run by Universities. Now maybe separating medical systems from univ
by secabeen 6mo ago
If you do this, you will destroy half of the top 20 hospital systems in the US, as they are run by Universities. Now maybe separating medical systems from universities is a good idea, but it's not simple by any means.
Government data on university expenditures show that at a broad level the increases in instructional and student-related expenditures are modest. Much of the increase is in the aforementioned medical systems, and in the Graduate and Faculty research enterprises:
https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d22/tables/dt22_334.10.asp https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d22/tables/dt22_334.10.a...
- franktankbank 6mo agoThose are under the umbrella of research and teaching no?
- secabeen 6mo agoI wouldn't think so. Hospitals do some teaching and research, but they also administer huge amounts of prescription drugs, physician salaries (both teaching and non-teaching), durable medical equipment, supplies, marketing, home health services, etc.