Why do we have literally half the hospital beds in the US than we did in 1975? Yes, look it up. 100% true. All while our population exploded.
How does this relate to our current scenario? We’re we prepared at all for a surge of bed use?
Not discussed anywhere by the media. Was it quantity over quality to push outpatient services?
This relates to Wells because you’ll be going back into office (mostly likely in a community desk setting where you share desks) and will likely get one of the Covid variants.
Many of the vaccines don’t do well with the covid variants. Vaccinated people can still spread Covid. Etc.
Does this make sense to you? Get it now?
How we deliver care has changed a bunch since then. Some things used to require a hospital stay for 1 or more days. These days many procedures are done in a surgical center as outpatient. It's apples and oranges.
Speaking of "why" -- why is this posted here? It has nothing to do with Wells.
The simple answer is this happened when the focus became less on health care and more on following business models.
This topic has nothing to do with WF Layoffs. Can we get back to what this board is for, sharing annon layoff information?
Why? The answer will probably be Trump or Biden.
Because mothers used to stay in the hospital for a week after delivery their baby and 2 weeks of it was a c-section. Today it’s 2 days and 3 - 4 days for c-section
Because in the US we have for profit healthcare.
That means healthcare and insurance companies do the least for the most money, and keep between 20 and 30% of your money for themselves and their investors.
Sounds like the OP is suggesting a government run healthcare system which provides the most for the least would be a better idea.
SSI and Medicare run at about 3% overhead, so your healthcare dollar goes further.
The OP is posting a misleading number, and also the horse paste people are already here.
Hospitals are mostly private, many are for profit. Because healthcare in the US is a for profit con, many closed because they weren't making Wall Street lots of cash.
But mostly, why do we need so many hospitals? Last time I had need for some stiches, I went to the local urgent care, like millions of people do.
I didn't need to go to a full hospital.
I'm really not sure what the OP was trying to do by posting something with zero context other than to get people angry about something or someone or some big e vi l plan by lizard people.
But they're for sure trying to stir up anger.
We live in the best time to be alive and in the richest country in the world, don't let weird trolls get you angry all the time.
Because we've learned over the last several decades that staying in hospitals for extended periods will ki-l you (in spite of their best efforts hospitals are about as sanitary as licking Walmart toilet seats), so they shorten your stay as much as possible. As a result, less beds are needed. In the 70s it was common to spend weeks in the hospital to recover from various things. It's hideously expensive and dangerous, so they avoid that as much as possible these days, and you should be thankful.
It also doesn’t help that they’re firing a large percentage of nurses and other caregivers who won’t take the venom. I’ve heard a few nurses mention how 40-50% of their units are preparing to leave or be fired.