No, they cannot. Emergency personnel can encourage you to go to the hospital, ask questions, listen, and reflect. However, it is your right to decide whether and how you will…
If you believe that you are being discharged from a hospital too early, you can appeal to hospital discharge. You can contact the Beneficiary and Family-Centered Care Quality Improvement Organization…
Yes, you can, but this is rarely the case. Most hospitals discharge patients during the weekdays. Research finds that people discharged from the hospital on the weekend are nearly 40…
Extended hospital stays are less and less common today. Factors such as innovations in health care that speed recovery, pressure from insurance companies to keep costs down, and availability of…
People check-in ER and leave before a physician can see them for many reasons. Some people leave after the nurse’s triage, convinced that they are already feeling better or that…
Yes. You can walk out of the ER without being discharged. For example, you may come to the ER and find every bed filled, the staff running around, and face…
You cannot be kept in the hospital against your will. The hospital can be liable for “false imprisonment” if hospital staff and officials attempt to prevent you from leaving before…
If you need little or no care after leaving the hospital, your discharge is called a minimal discharge. If you need additional specialized care after your discharge from the hospital,…
When you no longer need inpatient treatment, you will be discharged from the hospital. Many hospitals have discharge planners or coordinators who help with the discharge process, coordinate the information,…
Discharge from a hospital involves a process of leaving the hospital after the treatment. You will be discharged from a hospital when you no longer need to receive inpatient treatment…