Patient and service-level factors affecting length of inpatient stay in an acute mental health service: a retrospective case cohort study
Abstract Background The NHS Mental Health Implementation Plan aims to reduce length of inpatient psychiatric stays to a maximum of 32 days, yet provides little guidance on how to achieve this. Previous studies have attempted to analyse factors influencing length of stay in mental health units, focus...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2020-09-01
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Series: | BMC Psychiatry |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12888-020-02846-z |