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the hospital is a TON of money to put out unless you really need it.

I will second this even with good insurance that I & my H had....they wouldn't cover the hospital that my pdoc wanted me to go into.....I was already suicidal by that point but had initially started out with major anxiety.....this hospital was a month stay with lots of treatment, ropes course & all kinds of therapy groups that were top quality.....ended up going to collection because there was no way of paying for it....& I ended up there a couple of times before it closed.

So beware financially also.....financial issues can cause more stress & strain to an already broken person.

I was also discharged one time specifically before I was even close to being OK.....revolving door policy......I really caused the hospital a lot of grief...before even being discharged, I ended up in ICU on a breathing machine.....that changed a lot of hospital policy....but it was a statement about how I really was primary.

Outpatient can be really good care also....it's good to look at all the options when you are voluntary & decide what is really the best.

I went AMA one time from a medical hospital. The pdoc that was on staff had written that he would put me on a hold if I tried to leave as I was ill with the anorexia & he claimed that I would not live if I left without having the IV nutrition of feeding tube.....I talked with my GP who was the one who admitted me to the hospital.....he said he would look the other way as long as I promised to come back after my mother's funeral was over & get the IV nutrition......I left & came back after.....but the pdoc wanted nothing more to do with me...lol.....he was a jerk anyway so no loss.....the psychologist on staff was pretty good. The bill was covered & I didn't have to pay another deductible because I was back within a week.....but medical billing & everything else can bet very complicated & very tricky & end up leaving us the ones in major debt.