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What’s your take on the increased cost component due to US hospitals mostly having private rooms? If the US were to build all new hospitals with multi patient
by coredog64 8y ago
What’s your take on the increased cost component due to US hospitals mostly having private rooms? If the US were to build all new hospitals with multi patient rooms, how long before the cost curve bends down to rest-of-OECD levels?
- matthewmacleod 8y agoWhile they no doubt increase direct construction costs, my understanding is that planning for hospitals in the UK is leaning towards private rooms because they have a bunch of not-immediately-obvious benefits that can reduce cost in the long term – better infection control, less bed-blocking, improved recuperation times, things like that. This information is third-hand though, and I don't have enough knowledge to say for sure. But it certainly doesn't seem unreasonable that this could be the case!
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- aaavl2821 8y agoI'm not sure about the cost impact of that, but I think pricing in the US is more based on what hospitals can get away with in negotiations with insurers, and less based on cost. So if hospitals decreased their operating costs, but they were still able to negotiate high prices with payers because they have market power, then that would just result in higher hospital profits. Just speculating though