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Curious, how do other nations with free health care handle the homeless that treat hospitals like a free hotel/bed and breakfast (free food and service!). Anec
by loco5niner 10y ago
Curious, how do other nations with free health care handle the homeless that treat hospitals like a free hotel/bed and breakfast (free food and service!). Anecdotally, this is what I'm hearing from my nurse friends in the US recently.
- TheCoelacanth 10y agoSend them to a more appropriate healthcare provider or give them outpatient treatment if they don't have a problem that requires them to be admitted to a hospital?
- loco5niner 10y agoSounds great to me, but (anecdotally, from nursing friends) it doesn't currently work that way. Maybe that can change.
- llamataboot 10y agoThe reason it doesn't work that way is because we don't offer those services. In nearly every study where supportive services were offered to homeless people, they were cheaper and more effective over the long run.