Health
Why your home is about to become a hospital – Gatton Star
Say goodbye to bad food and uncomfortable beds because health funds will soon be paying for you to get hospital treatment at home. But there’s one big concern.
Private health funds will pay for patients to be treated at home rather than in hospital under a new scheme that could save fund holders hundreds of dollars in premium fees.
Patients recovering from surgery could avoid hospital food, sleep without being disturbed by other patients or nurses doing hospital rounds, save on parking fees and be near family and pets in familiar surroundings.
But hospital care providers want the government to impose strict quality controls on the new model so health…
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