Patients can remain in expensive acute hospital beds while authorities decide who will fund nursing-home care. The destination care is described as substantially cheaper than the hospital stay. The prices are approximate recollections, including a hospital rate heard more than twenty-five years earlier. The example illustrates how a dispute over responsibility for one bill can create a larger total expense.
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How divided budgets can make patient discharge more expensive
A hospital example illustrates the extra cost of delaying a cheaper service while authorities decide which budget should pay for it.