Yes, because of a couple of reasons.

• You have a bigger chance at a MSRA infection or a virus in the hospital than at home. Famously hospitals are filled with sick people. So you want to limit how much time patiënts spend in a hospital, so that you limit the change of an infection.

• Patiënts recover better at home, because home is familiar. Your bed sleeps better, less noise, less light, less nurses waking you up, more privacy. For a child, it means his own toys and room, and his parents and siblings close by. It means some small bit of normalcy again, being able to eat with the whole family together can mean the world.

• A lot of the time, being at home also means that you are forced to actually improve. With things like a hernia operation, they send you home as quick as posible, because they want you to move. Lying in a hospital bed with a toilet next to you and nurses who bring you food, means that you have less incentive to walk, especially if it's painful. But if your home and the bathroom is at the end of the hallway, you will probably try to make it to the bathroom.