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Unless you live in a world where money grows on trees, that happens in public systems too.

There are finite amount of resources and keeping a patient overnight, when it could be out-patient, means another patient, who needs that bed more, has to go without.

It’s not due to profit. And actually, the hospital would likely make more profit if they could keep you overnight.




> has to go without.

if the current patient is only considered as an out-patient because their bed is needed, then i say the hospital doesn't have enough beds, and should either charge more per bed, or invest in more beds.


Sure, but there is always a need for more beds. It doesn’t end. At some point, the money runs out.

That’s what countries like the UK do with QUALY measurements. You have X billions of Euros to spend, so you spend it on the most effective measures and say “no” to everything else.


> Sure, but there is always a need for more beds.

That doesn't make any sense. Basically you're saying the more beds there are the more sick people appear to occupy them.


If the ideal is to have people stay in the hospital if there is a benefit to it, then yes, we could double hospital beds and fill them no problem.

That’s why people get kicked out quickly, even if they feel they would benefit from staying.

Of course there is a limit, but we’re far from it.


> It’s not due to profit. And actually, the hospital would likely make more profit if they could keep you overnight.

It has nothing to do with the hospital's profit, and everything to do with the insurance provider's costs. What makes you think the hospital is calling the shots in this case? The people who write the checks call the shots.




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