Patient dumping
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patient-dumping-187-15779641
title:
Patient dumping
text:
Patient dumping or homeless dumping is the practice of hospitals and emergency services inappropriately releasing homeless or indigent patients to public hospitals or on the streets instead of placing them with a homeless shelter or retaining them, especially when they may require expensive medical care with minimal government reimbursement from Medicaid or Medicare. The term homeless dumping has been used since the late 19th century and resurfaced throughout the 20th century alongside legislati
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Inappropriately releasing homeless or indigent patients
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patient_dumping
date created:
2007-02-09T22:58:42Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T18:19:11Z
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