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Public psychiatric institutions suffer from the same problem though, because the salaries of the employees running the institution are dependent upon a consiste
by wu-ikkyu 9y ago
Public psychiatric institutions suffer from the same problem though, because the salaries of the employees running the institution are dependent upon a consistent occupancy.
- mabbo 9y agoThere's a difference though- if their boss finds out that they did this, in the private sector they'd be rewarded, and in the public sector they'd be fired.
- microcolonel 9y agoThat's a pretty bold assertion, do you have any basis for it?
- mabbo 9y ago... this very article? Where they said that management were explicitly telling doctors to keep patients in longer to make more money?
- lumberjack 9y agoNot really. Public sector employees aren't as incentivised to maximise profits for their employer as private sector employees are. This ultimately makes some public services superior because the employees have no reason to pretend you are are walking wallet instead of a human being.
- mason240 9y agoThe history of public institutions has shown otherwise.
- pjc50 9y agoNot to anything like the same manner and extent. In almost all public systems the salaries are dependent upon political considerations first and actual demand is a long way down the list - the system tends to be underprovisioned and demand rarely falls unless there is mass exodus from an area.