Non-trauma hospitals in affluent areas that perform lots of elective procedures make a lot of profit.
Trauma centers in less-affluent, usually urban or rural, areas that deliver emergency care almost always run at a loss, and are subsidized by city / state / federal funds to maintain capability.
"It depends."
Non-trauma hospitals in affluent areas that perform lots of elective procedures make a lot of profit.
Trauma centers in less-affluent, usually urban or rural, areas that deliver emergency care almost always run at a loss, and are subsidized by city / state / federal funds to maintain capability.