Nonprofit health care organizations provide medical services (this can also include dental, psychiatric or other specialized health services) as well as educational and preventive care services.
Health care organizations that qualify as nonprofit organizations are mission -driven, rather than profit-driven. Nonprofit hospitals are mostly funded by charity, religion, or research / educational funds. They do not pay federal income or state and local property taxes and in return they benefit the community.
National Health Service (NHS) is provided in two main ways: primary care (GPs and community services) and secondary treatment (hospitals and specialists). Primary care is the day to day health care available in every local area and the first place people go when they need physical advice or treatment.
Primary care includes physical promotion, disease prevention, health maintenance, counseling, patient education, diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic illnesses in variety of health treatment settings (e.g. office, inpatient, critical care, long term diagnosis, home care, day care etc).Primary diagnosis has the ability to reduce unnecessary doctor visits, and thus prevents unnecessary expensive visit to specialists.
A primary care physician (PCP) is a physician who provides both the first contact for a person with an undiagnosed health concern as well as continuing care of varied medical conditions, not limited by cause, organ system, or diagnosis. Emergency physicians are sometimes counted as primary physician. Family practice doctors, as primary physicians, are often the first person whom a patient sees when seeking healthcare services.They examine and treat patients with a wide range of conditions and refer those with serious ailment to a specialist or appropriate facility. They are very important for better health. The benefits of having a primary physician are as follows:
Holistic Health diagnosis: They are very essential to help an individual getting good health and stay healthy.Patient can discuss a variety of health issues, like physical, emotional or mental to their primary care doctor.
Routine screening catch health issue early: They prevent diseases by identifying risk factors and detect other health issues in their early stages.Undergoing testing on a regular basis helps catch symptoms before they get worse or lead to debilitating health issue.
Higher level of comfort: A Routine visit with primary care provider not only help with comfort level, but they also build on your medical history.
Transparency of entire medical history: Knowledge of medical history as well as family health history, is imperative for prevention of diseases and also help to catch early symptoms of serious condition.
Better manage chronic disease: They coordinate and manage chronic disease care for longevity and a better quality of life.Many chronic physical conditions like diabetes, arthritis and lupus are often difficult to monitor by yourself. A primary care doctor can help stay organized and aware of these diseases and their effect.
Referrals to other medical specialists: They provide helpful recommendations for specialists where the patient can be referred.
Lower overall treatment costs: Regular screening, open communication between patient and doctor, and a record of medical history all contribute to an overall cost of health care.