Overseas medical facilities are not required to follow the high standards of United States hospitals; they operate in a self-regulated, for-profit environment leaving patients little recourse if complications arise.
Unlike working in the pharmaceutical sector, working in a not-for-profit environment means a lower salary, no bonuses, and no stock options.
Similarly, website developers functioning within a for-profit environment may not be sensitive to budget and personnel constraints faced by smaller-scale sites like MoodSwings 2.0 funded by not-for-profit sources.
How, then, can change be accomplished, particularly in the privatized, for-profit environment of US healthcare?
For example, whether the care is provided in a for-profit versus not-for-profit environment, the professional culture of the practitioners, and the traditional context of providing treatment may also be important.
And while the documentary was able to show on the festival circuit in 2008 and has been featured on National Public Radio, those are not-for-profit environments.
Further research is needed in other contexts like for-profit environments and low- and middle income countries to determine the generalizability of our findings.
Particularly in for-profit environments and low- and middle income countries, the motives of actors for franchising and thus the perceptions about the most desirable business formats to enhance the chance of success, may differ.
Existence of a scientific community with university departments, periodicals, and academicians makes it possible to find solutions to contradict between profit and environment orientations and facilitating the adoption of environmental strategies into business decision-making processes.
