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The number of beds a hospital is allowed to have is tightly controlled and staff are leaving or being fired. It's an entirely man-made crisis, and one that coul
by retox 5y ago
The number of beds a hospital is allowed to have is tightly controlled and staff are leaving or being fired. It's an entirely man-made crisis, and one that could be completely undone overnight if there was desire to.
- Armisael16 5y agoSaying ‘leaving or being fired’ implies that those are happening at a comparable frequency. Staff are incredibly burnt-out because they’ve been in emergency mode for a year and a half. Hospitals can’t get enough staff. Firings have been extremely limited, and have only really happened to frontline staff who refused to get vaccinated. It’s almost nothing in comparison. Hospitals could certainly add more physical beds, but they don’t have the people to care for those patients. You can’t fix that overnight.
- retox 5y agoMaybe my understanding is incorrect but this is what I was referring to when I said the number of beds cannot be increased arbitrarily (have a limited time to post, sorry) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Certificate_of_need https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Certificate_of_need >A 2011 study found that CONs "reduce the number of beds at the typical hospital by 12 percent, on average, and the number of hospitals per 100,000 persons by 48 percent. https://www.ajmc.com/view/ajmc_09oct_hellinger_737to744 https://www.ajmc.com/view/ajmc_09oct_hellinger_737to744 >Certificate-of-need laws have reduced the number of hospital beds by about 10% and have reduced healthcare expenditures by almost 2%. https://www.ncsl.org/research/health/con-certificate-of-need-state-laws.aspx https://www.ncsl.org/research/health/con-certificate-of-need...