Study finds uninsured discharged faster from hospitals

Published on November 17, 2011 at 8:44 AM

Reuters: Uninsured Hospital Patients Discharged Sooner
Uninsured Americans tend to be discharged from the hospital somewhat sooner than those with health coverage, regardless of the medical condition itself, a new study finds. Researchers are not sure what the reasons for the findings are. And it’s not clear that a shorter hospital stay is a bad thing. Still, the findings suggest that financial factors are playing a role in hospital length of stay, the authors state (Norton, 11/15).

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