Cab Vouchers

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Just wondering how many or your hospitals give out cab vouchers to the families when they cry they have no way home?

I work at a peds facility and often we people come in, in the middle of the night for something stupid like a rash that has been there for 3 weeks, they then claim they have no way home.

Are actually required to provide them a way home after discharge? I heard adult hospitals don't usually do this, I doubt that.

Do you give outvery many vouchers?

Specializes in ER, ICU, L&D, OR.

we give out a fair number of cab vouchers, easy cheap way to get them out the door with little argument.

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Specializes in Ante-Intra-Postpartum, Post Gyne.

I worked in a mobile clinic that mostly saw indigent and homeless people. We gave out bus vouchers for those that needed to see a specialist or go to the hospital for tests we could do at the mobile unit.

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Specializes in ER, Peds, Charge RN.
we give out a fair number of cab vouchers, easy cheap way to get them out the door with little argument.

Easy, even cheaper way: "You leave now, you don't get a voucher, here is security to escort you out."

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Specializes in Peds ED, Peds Stem Cell Transplant, Peds.
Easy, even cheaper way: "You leave now, you don't get a voucher, here is security to escort you out."

Or don't let the screen door hit you in the fanny on the way out :trout:

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Specializes in ICU, ER.

We used to, but too much abuse and we stopped.

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Specializes in ICU, PACU, ER.

Abuse With The Taxi Vouchers At My Hosp Has Lead Us To No Longer Give Them Out, When An Abuser Asks For A Voucher We Tell Them We No Longer Have That Program Because Of Abuse To The System. We Will Give Them To The Elderly And Legit Person Needing Them. We Had A 23 Yr Old Gal One Time Demand A Voucher (she Was There Visiting Someone In L/d) When Questioned Found Out She Was A Visitor Not Pt, Stated No Way Home And No Money The Nursing Supp Came And Talked With Her (she Was Making A Scene) Decided To Not Help Her Out And I Proceeded To Watch Her Go To The Atm In The Hosp And Get Money Out And Call A Taxi For Her Self, This Incident Changed Our Policy On Handing Out Vouchers To Just Anyone.

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Specializes in ER, ICU, L&D, OR.

A voucher for the cab, with instructions to stop at pharmacy, a voucher for the meds, a voucher for a run through mcDonalds, then finally Home, and then maybe a stop at grandmas house.

Make it easy for all

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Don't you love it when other departments of the hospital send down patients/visitors to get a voucher!

Most vouchers you fill out the name and address of departing person. We would get the receipts back at the end of the month, I saw one had the destination scratched off and a new one entered (by the cab company) and you guessed it was a bar 3 miles from the ER. Gotta love it.

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