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Day care and a hostel – a cost effective approach
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 January 2018
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In order to plan a comprehensive psychiatric service for County Clare, it was necessary to divide the county into four sectors, North, East, South and West. The area I am discussing is the West Sector, which covers 800 square kilometres and has a population of 20, 000. Kilrush town is the capital of the West Sector situated 50 kilometres from the main hospital in Ennis. Psychiatric morbidity was noted to be high in this rural area. Prior to opening a Day Hospital in Kilrush (May 1986) we were using 15 beds in the acute unit. Now we are using, on average, five beds at any given time.
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Goldberg, D. & Huxley, P. (1980) Mental Illness in the Community: the Pathway to Psychiatric Care. (Fig. 1, p. 11). London: Tavistock.Google Scholar
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