[quote=ucodegen]
Actually, it is close to the same between nursing home and hospital in terms of nurse/patient ratios. Nursing homes have a higher ratio of elderly patients than hospitals. Even at 2x ratio, it is not enough of a difference. To weigh out the difference, you’ll need ($90,000 – $3,500)/($80,000/12) = 12.975 nurses per patient, full time dedicated to one patient only.. doesn’t work. I initially thought the same as you until I had to deal with both of my parent’s issues (Dad was in nursing home, Mother had to go to hospital for spinal stenosis).
Also remember that hospitals microbill you for every nit..[/quote]
I know at Scripps Hospital, there’s a max of 4 patient per nurse (RN not LVN). Since you have first hand experience, can you elaborate on what’s the patient/RN ratio at your dad’s nursing home?
I also said that the patient/RN ratio is only one reason why hospital have to charge more. I don’t run a hospital, so I can’t tell you what their costs are, but some hospital, like Scripps, are non profit, so there must be a reason why they’re charging the rate they are charging. If it’s so profitable to run a hospital as you trying to portray, then wouldn’t there be a lot more hospital propping up?
