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Kids Keep Getting Stuck in Hospitals, Even After Being Cleared for Discharge

Some children are healthy enough to leave the hospital after a medical stay but have no place to go. Across the country, the practice of allowing children to remain hospitalized “beyond medical necessity” has become a costly problem, and states have struggled to address the issue.

Kids Keep Getting Stuck in Hospitals, Even After Being Cleared for Discharge
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According to KFF Health News’s source item, Kids Keep Getting Stuck in Hospitals, Even After Being Cleared for Discharge, Some children are healthy enough to leave the hospital after a medical stay but have no place to go. Across the country, the practice of allowing children to remain hospitalized “beyond medical necessity” has become a costly problem, and states have struggled to address the issue.

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