Just more people of the same, its all a big circle in medicine....
Wasnt all that long ago that hospitals were buying up physicians practices...didnt end well then.
Now you cant get a community primary care physician to even step foot in a hospital, and certainly not after hours...hence, the hospitals now staffing in house physicians to cover the community docs patients after hours and on weekends...the hospitalists Its a lucrative business, not that its shady in any way, but now a Doc is in house to see a Pt in the middle of the. night for an apparent drop in Hct, a hypotensive episode, a complaint of chest pain. They react in real-time, and medico-legally its justifiable...but it has the capacity to generate a lot of additional studies and tests.
Do people want real time healthcare or...?
People, and the government are quick to criticize the cost of healthcare until they are the patient.
Having said that, Ive cerainly seen cases of arguably inappropriate tests/procedures...but not so egregious to report.
But if you want a Doctor immediately available to look at you as an inpatient, dont be surprised if they order more care in this environment.
What’s that got to do with shitty infection rates?