Abstract

The steady growth of corporate interest and influence in the health care sector over the past few decades has created a more business-oriented health care system in the United States, helping to spur for-profit and private equity investment. Proponents say that this trend makes the health care system more efficient, encourages innovation, and provides financial stability to ensure access and improve care. Critics counter that such moves favor profit over care and erode the patient–physician relationship. American College of Physicians (ACP) underscores that physicians are permitted to earn a reasonable income as long as they are fulfilling their fiduciary responsibility to provide high-quality, appropriate care within the guardrails of medical professionalism and ethics. In this position paper, ACP considers the effect of mergers, integration, private equity investment, nonprofit hospital requirements, and conversions from nonprofit to for-profit status on patients, physicians, and the health care system.

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医学的财务利润：来自美国医师学会的立场文件

摘要

过去几十年来，企业在医疗保健领域的兴趣和影响力稳步增长，在美国创造了一个更加以商业为导向的医疗保健系统，有助于刺激营利性和私募股权投资。支持者表示，这种趋势使医疗保健系统更有效率，鼓励创新，并提供财务稳定性，以确保获得和改善医疗服务。批评者反驳说，这些举措有利于利润而不是护理，并侵蚀了医患关系。美国内科医师学会 (ACP) 强调，只要医生履行其受托责任，在医疗专业精神和道德的护栏范围内提供高质量、适当的护理，就可以赚取合理的收入。在这份立场文件中，ACP 考虑了合并、整合、