Observation Medicine

In the immortal words of Bob Dylan, "The times they are a-changin'." I recall a time earlier in my career when we were encouraged by hospital administrators and in-patient services to increase admissions, "when appropriate" of course. There were subtle financial incentives to inpatient services for admission, and patients seemed to expect that when they were sick they would be admitted to the hospital for others to care for them.

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