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==Providers== | ==Providers== | ||
===Hospitals=== | ===Hospitals=== | ||
With the exception of county, rural, and island health clinics, the Veterans’ Hospital Network, and the | With the exception of county, rural, and island health clinics, the Veterans’ Hospital Network, and the Urom Health Service (which serves certain economically deprived Urom communities), the vast majority of healthcare providers in Kiravia are private or semiprivate entities. Religious institutions are prominent in this sector, with about half of Kiravian hospitals having some form of religious affiliation. Hospitals under the auspices of the Catholic Church serve the most patients each year, though the Coscivian Orthodox Church oversees a larger number of hospital sites. The Insular Apostolic Church, various Islamic waqfs, the Reformed Orthodox Church, and Wesleyan Federated Health System, the Lutheran Hospital Union also have a nationwide presence in healthcare. Most other hospitals are commercial (for-profit), though some are classified as “other institutional”, being associated with nonsectarian universities or private foundations, or operating as standalone non-profit entities. | ||
==Public health challenges== | ==Public health challenges== |