title: Sharing responsibility for home care of the indigent.
abstract: What should you do with indigent patients who are ready for discharge but cannot afford the home care services they need? Should you extend their hospital stay? Discharge them and hope for the best? Search for a community agency that will care for them at no cost? To address this dilemma, one hospital developed a health care consortium for the purpose of guaranteeing home care to indigent patients, regardless of their ability to pay.
mesh_terms: D005381:Financing, Organized; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006788:Hospitals, Voluntary; D006801:Humans; D008489:Medical Indigency; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D013714:Tennessee