Quantum Windbag
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Nothing prevents the hospital from discharging a patient. What the provision does is prevent hospitals from pushing patients out the door as quickly as possible, then racking up money on readmissions. It instead creates an incentive to completely treat the illness the first time.
Exactly my point. If the patient wants to go home, and the doctor sees no problem with it, but they both understand that the illness will require a readmission, they are fucked.
But that doesn't make any sense. Why would the patient want to be discharged, then turn around and come back to the hospital in a few days for the same condition?
Why would a patient want to go home and be surrounded by loved ones instead of staying in a hospital? Seriously? Have you ever stayed in a hospital?