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firecatHospital patient status: observation vs. inpatient
http://magazine.angieslist.com/hospitals/articles/patients-paying-more--under-observation-.aspx
If you're on Medicare, nursing home costs following a hospital stay are covered if you are "admitted" to the hospital, but are not covered if you are in the hospital for "observation."
The first comment on the article, by one Edwin Bradley MD, states "In general the care one receives in 'observation' is not as good as in the fully staffed hospital bed." I wonder if that is true generally.
http://magazine.angieslist.com/hospitals/articles/patients-paying-more--under-observation-.aspx
If you're on Medicare, nursing home costs following a hospital stay are covered if you are "admitted" to the hospital, but are not covered if you are in the hospital for "observation."
The first comment on the article, by one Edwin Bradley MD, states "In general the care one receives in 'observation' is not as good as in the fully staffed hospital bed." I wonder if that is true generally.
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Date: 15 Apr 2011 05:29 pm (UTC)OH HAI, here we are observing all the gases and liquids going in and out of this person's body by means of tubes. But we're ONLY OBSERVING!
(I hope you don't mind my being a little silly about what sounds like a horrible experience.)