21.   She adds that while the CHA is not presently advocating de-insurance of any specific service, a practical example is the hotel cost of hospital stays.

22.   Significant reductions in operative morbidity and the length of hospital stay are already being achieved with the use of non-thoracotomy ICD systems.

23.   One short hospital stay may cause minimal difficulties in adjustment to a child returning to a happy home life.

24.   Among the more popular HMO benefits are low-cost prescription drugs and doctor visits, free hospital stays and extras such as eyeglasses and hearing aids.

25.   An HMO would have to cover any hospital stay deemed necessary by a doctor caring for a woman after a mastectomy.

26.   And his entire hospital stay is expected to be six days instead of the usual eight.

27.   And indeed, as the length of hospital stays has fallen in an era of managed care, many hospitals have seen their occupancy rates fall.

28.   And family members can dictate who they wish to have visit a patient -- even when the hospital stay is routine.

29.   And half of those who were conscious spent at least half of their final hospital stay in pain.

30.   And many prescription drug prices and deductibles for hospital stays are climbing rapidly, while more health maintenance organizations are cutting off Medicare beneficiaries.