Wednesday 6 June 2012

Cost of end-of-life care in hospitals

What does it cost to stay in hospital for the elderly? Is it cheap to send the sick elderly to hospital? What if the sick elderly is really elderly and almost dying? Will the hospital bills be a lot larger or about the same as for a middle-aged person? Who decides how much a patient must pay? Who decides on the ceiling for hospital care? What is the largest hospital bill paid so far? If patients are dying, why should their hospital bills be so huge? Why do families still need to pay for a deceased patient's bill?

Why did her husband's end-of-life care cost so much?

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