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Old 09-15-2014, 11:49 PM
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Business & Financial Differences Between Profit & Nonprofit Hospitals | Chron.com

I would guess that people volunteer at a hospital to make the patients feel a little better, free up medical personnel to do their thing etc. The patients are feeling lousy at both for profit and not for profit hospitals and need their mail delivered and the juice cart to come around.
As Gracie said, both types of hospitals probably have patients who feel lousy and need cheering up.
I'm hoping to offer my time at this Acute Care Hospital, if they will accept seasonal volunteers.
I don't understand why it matters if the hospital is for profit, or not for profit.
I would very much appreciate if someone could explain that to me as I'm not familiar with the health care system in the US.
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