In most cases these workers supplement the care patients receive from members of their own family.
One wall of the room was given over to the intensive care patients.
He often worked shifts in the emergency department there to observe first hand the care patients received.
Managed care patients in general win between a quarter to a third of their appeals to Federal and state authorities.
But many nurses say the reductions have hurt the care patients receive.
Some 60 percent of the coronary care patients at the hospital are covered by Medicare.
The second floor's 50 beds were used for long-term care patients.
A study was conducted on 451 primary care patients aged 75 and older.
Similar results were produced with a population of 5545 primary care patients (Prochaska et al. 2005).
There was also a service for respite and continuing care patients.