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[–] 9 points 11 months ago (5 children)

Did you watch the show? That's all explained and is not typical. House has a very specialized practice dealing in absurd rare cases that no one can figure out. There was even an entire season arc about money and profits.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    How does employing House make the hospital money?

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  • [–] 9 points 11 months ago

    It doesn't directly, his department is known to be a money pit. But having him at their hospital is kinda a point of prestige for the hospital; kinda like reputation padding. In a way, you can look at the budget for his department as a marketing expense for the hospital.

    They get to claim they have a world famous diagnostician on staff who can figure out what's wrong with the most hopeless causes.

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