> “SES" in this context is socio-economic status? I hadn't seen it used to classify hospitals before. Yeah, we were a safety-net hospital across the street fro

> “SES" in this context is socio-economic status? I hadn't seen it used to classify hospitals before. Yeah, we were a safety-net hospital across the street from a prison. We got a lot of inmates, had a locked wing on most floors for prisoner patients, many many uninsured illegal immigrants, etc. We had quite a few patients that should have gone home, but we couldn’t safely discharge them, so we were just their free hotel while they hung in social support limbo - we were owned by the county, so taxes paid for their stay, and they were in no rush to leave. It was very much a case of seeing how most failed social policy ultimately ends up in the hospitals. Working in wealthier hospitals is way more fun. Treating disease is much more satisfying than “treating” poverty.