Prior to 1980, hospital stays in the US were much longer than they are now. In 1980, the average hospital stay in the United States was 7.3 days. Today it’s closer to 4.5. The difference isn’t because hospitalized patients are becoming younger and healthier; by and large, today’s patients are older and sicker. And it’s not because our […]
Pressures on Hospitals to Discharge Prematurely
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