Patient dumping

A homeless veteran receives medical treatment. Homeless patients are one of the groups who are especially vulnerable to patient dumping.[1]

Patient dumping or homeless dumping is the practice of hospitals and emergency services inappropriately releasing homeless or indigent patients to public hospitals or on to the streets instead of transferring them to a homeless shelter or retaining them. These cases may usually require expensive medical care with minimal government reimbursement from Medicaid or Medicare.[2][3][4][5] The term homeless dumping has been used since the late 19th century and resurfaced throughout the 20th century alongside legislation and policy changes aimed at addressing the issue.[4] Studies of the issue have indicated mixed results from the United States' policy interventions and have proposed a variety of ideas to remedy the problem.[5][6][7]

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  2. ^ "Dumped On Skid Row". 60 Minutes. May 17, 2007. Retrieved 2007-05-21.
  3. ^ "L.A. charges hospital in dumping of homeless". NBC News. November 16, 2006. Retrieved 2007-05-21.
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  5. ^ a b Rice MF, Jones W (October 1991). "The uninsured and patient dumping: recent policy responses in indigent care". Journal of the National Medical Association. 83 (10): 874–80. PMC 2571592. PMID 1800761.
  6. ^ O'Brien, Hylton, Maria (1992). "The Economics and Politics of Emergency Health Care for the Poor: The Patient Dumping Dilemma". BYU Law Review. 1992 (4).{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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