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Better care: reducing length of stay and bed occupancy on an older adult psychiatric ward

BACKGROUND: Length of stay and bed occupancy are important indicators of quality of care. Admissions are longer on older adult psychiatric wards as a result of physical comorbidity and complex care needs. The recommended bed occupancy is 85%; levels of 95% or higher are associated with violent incid...

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Autores principales: Adlington, Katherine, Brown, Juliette, Ralph, Laura, Clarke, Alan, Bhoyroo, Tim, Henderson, Michael, Boora, Farai, Aurelio, Marco, Fawzi, Waleed
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6231107/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30515462
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjoq-2017-000149