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I don't know about the former part, but I agree with the latter completely. Turning people quickly from hospitals is a good thing. The longer you stay in a hosp
by timr 2y ago
I don't know about the former part, but I agree with the latter completely. Turning people quickly from hospitals is a good thing. The longer you stay in a hospital, the more likely you are to die from something bad that happened to you in the hospital.
But, it doesn't have anything directly to do with the so-called "boarding problem", which is what this article is about. That's mostly about the for-profit nature of our health care system, which is doing exactly what one would expect (optimizing profits).
- solidsnack9000 2y agoWell, it's not exactly profits that are a problem here. The author points out that these hospitals are subject to regulation and that the regulation does not actually condition funding on spare capacity. That's just going to lead to broken results; doesn't matter whether it's for profit or not. A completely publicly funded healthcare system without spare capacity requirements would falter in the same way.