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Reasons for prolonged admissions on acute adult psychiatry wards
Author(s) -
Smith Susan,
Chakraborty Nandini
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
progress in neurology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.19
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 1931-227X
pISSN - 1367-7543
DOI - 10.1002/pnp.251
Subject(s) - general partnership , psychiatry , medicine , emergency medicine , political science , law
Delayed discharge is a significant problem in psychiatry inpatient wards. Here, Drs Smith and Chakraborty describe their survey to identify the factors influencing prolonged admissions on acute adult psychiatry wards in Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust.