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A pair of studies showed hospitals could be discharging patients before they
are actually healthy enough to leave.
Researchers found for-profit hospitals are trying to crank out as many
surgeries as they can because those surgeries bring in cash. They gathered that
if a bed is being used up by a patient who is recovering, doctors will
send them home prematurely in order to get a new patient checked-in.
These
studies from the University of Maryland looked at patient movement at a
large academic hospital in the United States. The results show that the fuller
a hospital is when a patient is discharged, the more likely they are to have to
come back and be re-admitted. Patients let out when the hospital was busiest
were 50 percent more likely to be back in within three days.
The researchers said this problem is more likely at large regional hospitals
and doesn't happen as often in smaller communities. They cited poor planning and
organization in hospitals as reasons patients are being pushed out too early.
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