MONITORING INPATIENT LENGTH OF STAY IN A COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER
- 1 September 1978
- journal article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Journal of Nervous & Mental Disease
- Vol. 166 (9) , 655-660
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00005053-197809000-00005
Abstract
The authors assess their experience with reviewing the length of stay of inpatients in a mental health facility. The study yielded data that refine the review process and suggest a rationale for selection of cases for review that may have educational value both to the admitting staff and physician-reviewers. The authors urge experimentation with length of stay norms which reflect specified treatment protocols related to diagnosis, rather than reliance on diagnosis alone.Keywords
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