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Comparing public, and private hospital.
According to Al-Haroon (2022), One of the most important issues facing humanity is the provision of healthcare. By encouraging healthcare, employers, consumers, medical facilities, families, communities, insurance firms, and the state as a whole can all prevent or considerably reduce human and financial expenses. This is accomplished by preventative actions, and these costs are decreased through the spread of health knowledge. If healthcare is not successfully promoted, a nation’s economy could suffer greatly. People frequently go to medical facilities for assistance in diagnosing and treating their problems in order to meet this demand. Both governmental and private hospitals are included when the term “healthcare facilities” is used. They have different objectives, despite the fact that they are comparable in that they both offer medical care.
In King Fahad hospital of the university that founded on 1981, consider one of the largest hospitals in Khobar its capacity 440 beds, that include various special area, inpatient and outpatient department, operation rooms, and three intensive care unit. KFUH under imam Abdulrahman university, consider as training, and research center to them. It’s a government hospital, accept eligible patients only, providing a free treatment to their patients. But according to privatization program they going to move toward insurance payments. (Shawan, 2021)
On the other hand, almanaa hospital That established on 1949, Khobar branch had 250 beds including inpatient, and other building that include the outpatients. But almanaa hospital had many other branches in the kingdom. It’s a private institution, that need fee for services, either cash, or covered by insurance company. As a private hospital they accept any patients, and any nationality, and waiting time is less comparing to government hospitals, and prices can change annually. (Sayegh, 2020)
Both hospital is under indirect control of ministry of health, following its regulation, strategies, and requirements toward deliver the best care to its patient. Also, both working hard toward achieving 2030 vision, and both hospitals are under ministry of education, which make them full of student, trainee, education, and training department are effectively working toward increase the productivity, and the quality of care. Both hospitals had JCI, and CBAHI accreditation, which make an international protocol applied in both hospitals, and achieve a standard of care.
The impact of law :
The Saudi MOH has performed the typical tasks of the administrative health coordinator. The MOH has extensive regulatory authority. These include regulating the cost of health products, ensuring the quality of services, and stakeholders. Additionally, each regional health directorate distributes global budgets to each hospital. The absence of thorough authority is a major contrast, though. The Saudi MOH needs more control over two significant public sector health systems, in comparison to many other nations where the healthcare ministry has responsibility over all healthcare system components. The military hospitals and academic teaching hospitals are not under their supervision. Additionally, the MOH only indirectly controls the expanding private sector. (Al-Haroon, 2022)
References
Al-Haroon, H. (2022). Assessment of Organizational Commitment Among Nurses in a Major Public Hospital in Saudi Arabia. Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare, https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.2147/JMDH.S256856.
Sayegh, H. A. (2020). Saudi Arabia’s Almana General Hospitals in early talks for IPO-sources. Retrieved from REUTERS: https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/saudi-arabias-alma…
Shawan, D. A. (2021). The Effectiveness of the Joint Commission International Accreditation in Improving Quality at King Fahd University Hospital, Saudi Arabia: A Mixed Methods Approach. Journal of Healthcare Leadership, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/348965252_The_Effectiveness_of_the_Joint_Commission_International_Accreditation_in_Improving_Quality_at_King_Fahd_University_Hospital_Saudi_Arabia_A_Mixed_Methods_Approach.
