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Fewer Transfers = More Profit ?
In the skilled nursing and long-term care setting, another potential problem with profitability emerges related to transfers out of nursing homes for more acute care needs. If beds are not occupied, the facility is not paid. So when patients should be transferred for more urgent health needs, for instance to an emergency department, facilities may be reluctant to do so because that would leave a bed empty. I have not yet seen an analysis of this phenomenon, but it represents another way profits can seep into decisions about patient care.