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When a patient is in the hospital for less than 8 hours does the discharge time go by when the patient left the hospital or when the physician wrote the dicharge orders?
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∙ 13y ago
The discharge time, regardless of how long a person has been in a hospital, is when the physician writes the order. The time between the doctor writing the discharge order, and you getting the discharge orders and instructions (from the nurse) varies, depending on how busy the staff is.
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