Examples are environmental health workers, public health administrators, epidemiologists, health educators, and biostatisticians. These professionals usually have advanced education and training. V. Health Care Facilities A. Practitioners' offices are facilities privately owned by independent practitioners in which health care is delivered. B. Medical clinics are facilities that are privately owned by two or more physicians or by the public in which health care or medical treatment is delivered. Private, proprietary hospitals are owned as a business for the purpose of making a profit.
Public hospitals are tax supported hospitals.
These hospitals, as a group, provide the most beds in the United States. B. Rehabilitation centers are health care facilities that provide services aimed at restoring functions lost because of injury, disease, surgery, or other treatment. C. Continuing care facilities provide long-term, chronic, respite and hospice care. . Examples include nursing homes, mental hospitals, halfway houses and group homes. This is a growth area in health care.