This is really important because the health costs involved with staying at the hospital are enormous in America.

It's 100% very important. We always want our love ones back home as soon as possible.

I would want to be there with them if/when they need me, but I also have to work.

Hospitals are full of viruses and bacteria that can be dangerous to patients as well as visitors.

Id want to be discharged as soon as possible but i would want to make sure that everything that was needed to be done was done.

It's very important, because you have to get back to your daily life and doing things to make yourself feel better on your own.

I think that it is of the utmost importance that myself or a loved one spend as little time in the hospital as medically necessary because, in a hospital setting, you are more at risk of contracting complicating infections.

very important because hospital bills are extremely high and more time you spend there the higher the price you will have to pay

It's important, but I'd rather extra time than get sent home early when the patient is not fully healed.

Seeing as how American healthcare is a scam, we would want to spend as little time in the hospital as possible to avoid the bill from becoming astronomical.

I would spend as much time in the hospital as I could so they wouldnt feel alone as long as I was aloud and it didnt affect my health to be there, but obviously I would want them home as soon as they were able to help save money and make them more comfortable

Yes, It is important to spend less time as it affects me personally (stress) and professionally.

I always spend the least amount of time possible. It is bad for my mental state to be confined to one room

I think it's pretty important to get out of the hospital as soon as I can.

not important. i would want to spent more time

When a loved one is in the hospital I want to try and spend as much time as possible there to comfort them. To ensure that they are being properly cared for and to ensure that they are getting the medications that they should have. It is at times like this is when family needs to step up and be there for their loved ones for they are not fully themselves.

I think it is very important to spend as less time in the hospital for the mental health of myself or a loved one and it's also very import to spend as less time there because the price for staying there could get very expensive fast.

That would certainly be the ideal thing. I don't really look forward to hospital time, so a brief stay is preferred.

It is very inappropriate to spend less because you need someone to take care of you and to be encourage to get healthy and not to be lonely.

I don't want to spend time in an unfamiliar place and want to spend time with my loved ones in my home

It is extremely important to spend the least amount of time in the hospital as possible in most cases, as the risk of further complications like catching COVID-19, MERSA, or other infections is a serious concern. Moreover, insurance companies often do not cover long stays and are not always willing to pay for care that they deem beyond medically necessary.

I think the quicker you can return to full health the better for sure. But you also have to let medicine and the nurse/doctors take their course to help you. I am in the middle here, I proceed on the side of caution and getting better more I think.

It would be important to me to not spend too much time in the hospital because the risk of infection and complications may rise for each additional unnecessary day in the hospital.

I don't want anyone to overspend time in the hospital

I would want to spend as much time as I can in the hospital to be with my loved one if they were hospitalized to make sure they have everything they need and that the staff is treating them well.

Because I'd want to be done with the hospital as soon as possible and recover at home.

Healthcare costs way too much to stay for longer than necessary

if the insurance will cover it, they can stay in there as long as needed. i think the longer they are in there, the more they can be monitored. if i take them home too soon, something might happen that i am not trained to handle. better to be safe than sorry.

Today's hospital environment is not conducive to recovery. It's very stressful. Nurses are constantly checking in even in the middle of the night. At home, in my own bed, it's easier, more comfortable, and less disruptive.

I can't wait to get out of the hospital, and get back to my own home, bed, and home cooking. I feel that being at home is the fastest way to mentally heal which in turn will also heal the body faster. I hate hospitals after spending much of the last 10 years there with my parents and their health issues.

As low as possible, I don’t think it’s needed as much as they say, because every minute spent there is just more money. Take a mother, just given birth to her child, Al she wants is sleep and yet every hour there’s a knock on the door because they need to do something else, every knock on that door is more money to the hospital.

I don't think its very important, I just want to be there for my loved one no matter the time.

It is very important to keep down cost because they charge a fortune and bill you for every little thing even if you did not use a product or service. Plus it is better for the well being of the person to go home.

Spending less time here is ideal so the fewer days, the better. I don't think that a hospital should be very lengthy.

I hate hospitals and there's so much disease and germs which increases the likelihood of illness. Also it is not comfortable. Home is where I would rather be and my loved ones too.

I think the less time in the hospital the better, I think it is easier to recover at home, in your own bed where you are comfortable and be surrounded by the people and things that you love, I think it lifts your spirits to be home and the positive feelings will help you deal and cope with the physical illness and pain

Very important. I think hospitals breed germs and the less you are there the better. So I think if I am able to be at home, I would rather be. Sometimes being in the hospital can make you sicker or susceptible to other illnesses.

Me compared to someone I love is a different thing. I'd want to spend as little as I could to avoid medical bills while I'd want my loved one to take as much time as needed.

It is the highest priority to have them medically clear to be out of the hospital and home where you want that person to be.

I would spend some time with my person in the hospital. But I would like them to also get their rest so they can come back home. That way I don't constantly have to be in the hospital. I don't like being in the hospital.

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I don't have very many loved ones so I'll stay as long as I'm wanted. When my mother had a brain aneurysm, I went EVERY DAY for about 2 months. I'd take the bus to the hospital every day early and stay with her for about 2 hours. When they moved her to a closer hospital, I'd walk there and stay as long as she wanted. It helped her recover. I stayed with her about a year. I was like a caretaker. She's about 70% now, retired. She's doing okay.

I dont think anyone WANTS to spend much time in the hospital...for one it is INCREDIBLY expensive here in the USA. Plus home is always nicer!

it is very important to spend as little time as possible cause i always feel like when you spend more time in the hospital the chances of getting sicker are higher. i think that it makes it more likely that you will come down with something else.

It's very important, as hospitals are very expensive and you can often get more sick.

It is important to spend less time in the hospital as long as its not necessary so that i can get back to work and resume normal activities . staying in the hospital longer than i should would mean leaving other equally important plans pending.

I think it is important that the amount of time spent in the hospital is adequate to treat the illness, but not staying too long can be detrimental as well. It's not good mentally or physically to have to stay in a bed. As soon as I or my loved one could leave we should.

If a loved one is hospitalized, I would feel like I want to spend time with them and be near them regardless of where they need to be (so if they need to be in the hospital, I will visit there). I do not worry about visiting a hospital. I don't particularly like it, but I will be there for my loved one.

Nobody wants to spend time in the hospital. You are interacting with complete strangers and in the US, every little thing will result in a huge medical bill that could cause more damage than the injury depending on your financial situation.

given the costs, it's very important to spend as little time in the hospital as possible.