DON'T YOU BELIEVE IT...COST-CUTTING REDUCES COSTS

摘要

It can increase them. To understand why, let's look at a long-running issue that is back in the headlines because of public sector cost-cutting. Thousands of older patients are forced to stay in hospital long after they are fit to leave because local social services will not or cannot look after them at home. This causes overall costs to rise, because it costs more to look after people in hospital than in their own homes. It also prevents hospitals admitting those who really need hospital care.