But not sailors. Home was too far away. New Haven had a lot of visiting sailors. People from miles away feel they must travel to Yale-New Haven for a particularly complex operation. Raphael's pushes the community-centered, spiritual healing image.
Nuns still run the joint.
The hospital is still willing to forego some business by refusing to perform abortions, out of religious conviction. Its focus groups show Catholic people, especially elderly Catholic people, among the hospital's most loyal customers. And a whopping 52.5 percent of St. Raphe's patients are on Medicare, another 12.2 percent on Medicaid. Both hospitals' administrations had watched the new industry trends and planned accordingly. As a result, hospitals entered two worlds more aggressively.