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ELI5: If the cost of hospital care is so high, why do doctors and nurses work crazy long shifts, which directly impacts the quality of care they provide? Why don't hospitals just hire more doctors and nurses?
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Another point that hasnt been mentioned is that it's much cheaper for a company to pay an experienced RN or doctor double time than it is to hire another equally experienced employee.

You might double their pay for an extra 40 hours that week but you only pay for their healthcare, retirement, continuing education, etc benefits once.

Also for some places keeping the same person on shift can actually reduce errors that would occour from information loss during shift change.