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Nurse loses license for unsafely discharging patient who died in blizzard
Earlier this year, we reported that patients who self-discharge ultimately cost hospitals 9 percent more to treat. But for a Maine nursing supervisor who allowed a heavily drugged and under-dressed
Patients who leave against medical advice cost 9 percent more upon return
Once considered a low-cost population that hospitals could do little about, heart patients who self-discharge against medical advice cost more overall when they almost inevitably boomerang back,
