establishment of private hospitals, it has become a matter of debate that which is better: For-profit or not-for-profit hospitals? It has been a debate that for-profit hospitals are better than the not-for-profit hospitals since they can generate profit for expansions and is free from governmental policies in operations. These are, however, vague reasons and I will go deeper in putting forward my point. What are the differences between nonprofit and for-profit hospitals? Hospital authorities say
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CONSOLIDATED REVENUES (In $ billions) 2007 170 NBCU 155 2008 180 163 154 139 150 133 2009 2010 financial and strategic highlights 2011 147 142 22% GROWTH CONTINUES 22% increase in Operating EPS excluding impact of the preferred stock redemption, and 20% rise in Operating earnings. $200B RECORD INDUSTRIAL BACKLOG Record equipment and service orders drove the backlog to a record of $200 billion. GE ex NBCU EARNINGS ATTRIBUTABLE TO GE (In $ billions) 2007 22.3 NBCU 20.4 17.8 15
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