【正确答案】正确答案: The modern hospital is one of many institutions responsible for providing health care to the sick and injured. It hardly resembles the earlier institutions that were also known as hospitals. Many of these personnel, trained in a variety of fields, are needed to staff a modern hospital to provide adequate patient care. The early hospitals were clean, pleasant places, but they did not pay attention to the body. The name hospital, in fact, is derived from the Latin word hospitium which means a place where guests are received. The church assumed the primary responsibility for the care of the sick during the Middle Ages. Hospitals continued to be used as rest houses, but they gradually acquired a bad reputation. During the nineteenth century, medical advances changed all this. There are many different kinds of hospital. Hospitals can also be categorized according to the nature of their financial support. Most hospitals in the world are financed by the government of the country in which they are located. In the United States, hospitals tend to be private, nonprofit institutions. Some of their operating expenses may be paid for by government grants. Most of their revenues must come from private endowments and gifts.
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