largely driven by HIPAA. If you're in a shared room, your unrelated, non-authorized, roommate essentially has access to all your personal medical info just by being there.I think there is an effort to do away with shared rooms for adults.
Out of all my hospital stays, I was in a shared room for less than 2 hours and that was due to overcrowding.
I don’t think there are any double occupancy rooms in the hospital I’m currently in. Thank goodness.