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- Nurses shared facts most people don't know about hospitals with Business Insider.
- Nurses said many people do not know the difference between a nonprofit and a for-profit hospital, as well as the difference between a teaching hospital and general hospital.
- Hospitals can also be unclean places.
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Everyone must go to the hospital at some point or another, yet many don't go in if they can help it.
Nearly half of Americans say they didn't go to the doctor because of the cost, according to a poll from the University of Chicago. Hospitals can be so scary that there's even a diagnosed disorder for being scared of them: nosocomephobia.
Part of the fear could stem from not knowing what will happen once you get there, as well as the general lack of knowledge regarding what hospitals are actually like. That's why Business Insider asked nurses to share facts about hospitals that many people don't know.
From the lack of support from hospital administration to its uncleanliness, here are seven things most people don't know about hospitals, according to nurses.
If you're a nurse with a story to share, email aakhtar@businessinsider.com.
