Patients Swiping from Hospitals
Hospital swiping: 64% of hospital patients and family members take towels, linens, and pillows from patient rooms. Now, one-third of the patients in hospitals are not paying for their stays there, so a hospital stay is actually a revenue-producing event for one-third of hospital patients in the United States. Perhaps “thou shalt not steal” applied to patients is a partial answer to the “how to pay for health care” query.
VHA Inc., survey of 100 hospital supply executives, March 2010
