Yes, if the patient has been there for a very long time and they need the bed for a person who needs it much more.
Inpatient services benefit a hospital the most.
Under the right conditions, yes, a hospital can keep you from seeing a patient. If the patient is contagious, is undergoing surgery, or is in ICU (which is the most probable reason), a hospital can keep you from seeing a patient.
Hospital confinement is preventing a patient from leaving the hospital.
An indemnity plan allows patients to go to any hospital or doctor they choose. PPOs and HMOs force a patient to choose a doctor and hospital from an approved list.
The length of time the patient needs to remain in the hospital depends on the age of the patient and the patient's general health.
The hospital can request patient to sign to go to hospice, but can NOT make the patient sign to go to hospice.
how many national patient safety goals to hospital setting
if the patient has a companion, the companion may help him/her to get to the hospital. if it is a big wound, he/she can just get herself/himself to the hospital and just 'tiis' its pain
I don't see why not!
by comparing it to a patient in a hospital
In a ward
If we are a patient in a hospital, yes.