{"id":22946,"date":"2020-11-27T21:26:04","date_gmt":"2020-11-27T21:26:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/?p=22946"},"modified":"2020-11-28T04:42:36","modified_gmt":"2020-11-28T04:42:36","slug":"the-pitfalls-of-hospitals-seeking-donations-from-their-rich-patients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/the-pitfalls-of-hospitals-seeking-donations-from-their-rich-patients\/","title":{"rendered":"The pitfalls of hospitals seeking donations from their rich patients"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sara Konrath<\/a>, IUPUI<\/a><\/em> and Reshma Jagsi<\/a>, University of Michigan<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

The Research Brief<\/a> is a short take about interesting academic work.<\/em><\/p>\n

The big idea<\/h2>\n

Most Americans find a number of common hospital fundraising practices ethically unacceptable, according to a new study published in July<\/a>. Examples of these sometimes troubling approaches included providing people who have a track record of making large donations with concierge services such as nicer rooms or doctor\u2019s cellphone numbers, screening patients<\/a> to identify those who are wealthy enough to give lots of money to charity and getting doctors directly involved with fundraising efforts that involve their current or former patients.<\/p>\n

We found that 85% of the people who took our survey agreed that patients feel good when they donate to the hospitals where they received their medical care.<\/p>\n

Yet 83% said they felt that when doctors talk with their patients about donating, it may interfere with the patient-physician relationship. And 91% said they believed that patients may feel pressure to donate if their doctor personally asks them to make a charitable contribution to support that hospital.<\/p>\n

Although we conducted the nationally representative survey<\/a> of 513 people in February 2019, we believe it\u2019s still relevant today because of the large number of COVID-19 hospitalizations<\/a>.<\/p>\n