Furthermore , hospitals were more efficient and cheaper than private duty nurses who cared for only one patient at a time .
Hospitals increasingly handled the round - the - clock care of sick people for they had the staff , the expertise and the equipment to treat them .
Hospitals were more efficient and cheaper than private duty nurses who cared for only one patient at a time .
Hospitals increasingly handled the round - the - clock care of sick people for they had the staff , the expertise and the equipment to treat them .