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The Scottish Survey of New Chronic In-patients: Five-Year Follow-Up
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 January 2018
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Patients aged 18–64 years, in hospital more than one but less than six years, were followed up five years after identification: 22% had died, 50% remained in-patients, and 28% had been discharged; only 10% of first admissions with organic brain disease had left hospital. Of those discharged, 37% had no contact with after-care services. Of those remaining in hospital, 39% did not require in-patient care. Patients' level of functioning had improved over the five years.
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