Open AccessAssociations Between Psychiatric Inpatient Bed Supply and the Prevalence of Serious Mental Illness in Veterans Affairs Nursing Homes
Author(s) -
Nicholas W. Bowersox,
Benjamin J. Szymanski,
John F. McCarthy
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2012.300783
Subject(s) - medicine , minimum data set , medicaid , mental illness , demographics , veterans affairs , inpatient care , psychiatry , mental health , nursing homes , family medicine , emergency medicine , nursing , health care , demography , sociology , economics , economic growth
We assessed whether reductions in inpatient psychiatric beds resulted in transinstitutionalization to nursing home care of patients with serious mental illness (SMI) within the Veterans Health Administration (VHA).