List the three types of health care institutions and how they vary


• 1 . Nonprofit institutions operate as a charitable agency and any net earnings must be reinvested into the organization; they are tax-exempt.
• 2 . Proprietary (for profit) institutions operate in the same manner as any for-profit business; they pay local, state, and federal taxes.
• 3 . Government institutions are referred to as public health care facilities. Most of the funding comes from local, state, or federal sources.

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