Non-clinical bed management strategies in psychiatry

Non-clinical bed management strategies in psychiatry

Financial pressures leading to early discharge affect not only general hospitals. 1 To reduce costly admissions to the private sector, psychiatric intensive care units (PICUs) have implemented bed management strategies that identify patients who pose the least risk (relative to the other patients) o...

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Veröffentlicht in:BMJ 2010-07, Vol.341 (7766), p.216-216
Hauptverfasser: Smith, Shubulade M, Herlihy, Daniel
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Emergency management
EMERGENCY READMISSIONS
Financial management
Hospital beds
Patients
Pediatric intensive care units
Risk management
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Zusammenfassung:Financial pressures leading to early discharge affect not only general hospitals. 1 To reduce costly admissions to the private sector, psychiatric intensive care units (PICUs) have implemented bed management strategies that identify patients who pose the least risk (relative to the other patients) of deterioration in mental state, assault, absconding,...
ISSN:0959-8138
1468-5833
1756-1833
DOI:10.1136/bmj.c3889