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A readmission is basically sending someone home early or failing to care properly for them on an out patient basis after they leave the hospital. Sending someon
by glibgil 11y ago
A readmission is basically sending someone home early or failing to care properly for them on an out patient basis after they leave the hospital. Sending someone to the hospital twice when you could send them once is wasteful.
- StavrosK 11y agoAh, thanks. Wasteful unless you are the hospital, indeed.
- TheOtherHobbes 11y agoThere's no actual stupidity there - just conflicting unstated goals. There's an inevitable conflict between "Make as much money out of patients and the entire health system as possible" and "Care for patients as efficiently and effectively as possible."