What is the percentage of patients in hospitals who do not have visitors?
490750
I work in a hospital, and to my knowledge we have never studied this.
1167107
I wouldn't say 40%..possibly 30%...alot of older people claim they never seen a dentist , but then when they come in to our office and we take x-rays, we can see that they actually have been to a dentist by what work has been done on their teeth... I think the statistics are slightly off
248856
No.  Not if what they are using the hospital for is required treatment.  Too many people will go to emergency rooms for things that aren't really an emergency because they figure they will get free treatment.\n\nA better way would be if there was free and equall health care for everyone.
114741
Approximately 30-40%\n\nhttp://www.emedicine.com/med/topic993.htm\n\nHere's a good link.
766997
Maybe you could read messages from family and friends to some of the patients. Also it might be fun to interview some of the staff. One tip for a boring guest is to get them off topic. Ask the accountant about the cafeteria food or ask the janitor what's new in the gift shop. If there's a pediatric department, bring in little kids and ask them to sing.
260091
i would call your hospital's sleep lab and ask if you can come in a "shadow" for a day or so.  Then, ask if they have a supply of unused data tables that you can copy.
918339
Being friendly to patients
428552
doctor offices can, but rarely hospitals will, hospitals do not and will not refuse to treat a person that is very ill. often doctors and hospitals treat a certain percentage of patients without seeking pay, they do "community work".\nif a homeless person passes out on the street, and an ambulance is called, that person, like any other, is treated.
547647
I would say that about 80 percent of the people are sick, some should call in sick instead of coming to work and making everyone else sick.\n\n10% hate their jobs, aren't motivated, look for any excuse to have an extra day off...so they lie.\n\n10% are just lazy or lie so they can do something fun.
1166195
Try calling the non-emergency hospital line and talking to a nurse or doctor about your symptoms. I do this whenever Something feels wrong and i can usually avoid a doctor visit by doing so.
126719
The most current figures from the U.S. Census Bureau shows there are 5,764 hospitals in the United States.\n\nhttp://www.census.gov/prod/2005pubs/06statab/health.pdf
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Active patients medical records are not normally purged under any circumstances.  Their record should leave a clear trail of visit dates, complaint or reason for visit, diagnosis and treatment from the first visit to the last.    If the patient is inactive the record may be removed from the system and archived.  A patient is not nomally deemed inactive after 1 years but usually after 2 years of no visits.
421752
Probably not.\n\nMost hospitals treat patients regardless of their ability to pay.  Most hospitals will enroll very poor people in Medicare and/or Medicaid.
485155
Well, if you don't know the person and had no health checks you will most definitely contract some sort of disease.....AIDS for one.  Maybe you should think twice in doing it if you are not absolutely sure about that persons health history.
1114651
See if any hospitals in the area have support groups.
529147
your job can be in jeopardy if you refuse to follow a reasonable instruction. it may depend on why you didn't go in. were you sick, did you not have childcare available, was there a sale at the mall you wanted to go to, were you just lazy? they would probably pay you overtime or give you an alternate day off. the patients are their primary concern. if they feel you are not a team player and that you don't care for the health and safety of the residents, they may decide they don't want you working there.
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Most psychiatric hospitals have drug/alcohol units. Some regular hospitals do...I would check their first. If you lived in AR I could tell you some places.