Unplanned admissions to inpatient psychiatric treatment and services received prior to admission

Solveig Ose, Jorid Kalseth, Marian Ådnanes, Tone Tveit and Solfrid E. Lilleeng

Health Policy, 2018, vol. 122, issue 4, 359-366

Abstract: Inpatient bed numbers are continually being reduced but are not being replaced with adequate alternatives in primary health care. There is a considerable risk that eventually all inpatient treatment will be unplanned, because planned or elective treatments are superseded by urgent needs when capacity is reduced.

Keywords: Mental health policy; Quality indicator; Service level; Specialist health services; Local mental health services (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2017.12.006

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