Should hospitals be fully staffed 24 hours a day?

May 15, 2008

Joe Wright: “The hospital is a constant production process. But it’s in transition: it inherits many of the features of its pre-industrial roots. A truly efficient production process never stops, but the hospital slows down considerably at night. I think there would be a lot to be said for a truly 24-hour hospital. But that would require more health care workers, more money to pay people extra to work overnight, and a completely different way of arranging care.”

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