Re:Hospital checklists are meant to save lives, so why do th...
by JudgeWapner on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @02:59AM
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The nursing shortage could be solved by hiring more. They overwork the few they hire so the MBA execs can buy nice things
Re:Hospital checklists are meant to save lives, so why do th...
by mschuster91 on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @03:21AM
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> The nursing shortage could be solved by hiring more.
At least in Germany, there are massive amounts of open job postings for nursing and other care staff. The problem is that the wages are way too low, as the county/city-owned clinics have to adhere to the budget rule of maximum efficiency and minimum taxpayer subsidies (which led to massive outsourcing and other cost saving efforts in Munich [1]) and private-owned clinics are under financial pressure from their owners (you gotta make those 18% EBIT [2] somehow), while at the same time the amount of money that the public health insurances pay for procedures (fixed rates across the country) is not enough to cover these costs.
[1] https://www.kma-online.de/aktuelles/klinik-news/detail/staed...
Re:Hospital checklists are meant to save lives, so why do th...
by JudgeWapner on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @07:09PM
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I meant specifically in the US market where one aspirin pill is billed to the patient as a $30 expense. Not in a country with free healthcare.
If anything it’s existing shielding is the problem. The supply of doctors is artificially controlled and limited which means you can’t lower pressure through capitalistic approaches. Without fixing the supply (more doctors) or demand (don’t treat patients) issue these problems won’t go away.