| 单词 | bed-blocker |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbed-blocker bed-blocker n. originally British (somewhat depreciative) an (esp. elderly) hospital patient whose treatment is complete but whose discharge is delayed because the necessary level of care is unavailable to him or her elsewhere; cf. bed-blocking n. at Additions. ΚΠ 1975 Age & Ageing 4 142 Hospital clinicians..fear their effective number of available beds will be increasingly reduced by ‘bed-blockers’. 1988 N. L. Chappell in E. Rathbone-McCuan & B. Havens N. Amer. Elders v. 78 Given the increased pressure on long-term institutional beds with an aging population.., what about the much discussed bed blocker issue? 2002 Liverpool Echo (Nexis) 1 July 1 The council says that from today the number of elderly bed blockers could double to 59 per week because the council can no longer afford to pay for 140 nursing home places and 247 home help services. < as lemmas |
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