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The use of a Contract Admission Procedure on an Acute Psychiatric Admission Ward

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

D. A. G. Cook  and
I. Skeldon
D. A. G. Cook
Affiliation:
Glenside Hospital, Bristol BS16 1DD
I. Skeldon
Affiliation:
Glenside Hospital, Bristol BS16 1DD
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Summary

The patients discharged from a 24 bed acute psychiatric admission ward over a six-month period after the introduction of a contract admission procedure were compared with a similar group, discharged over the identical six-month period of the preceding year, before the use of the new procedure. The length of stay in hospital was found to be reduced, but preliminary studies suggest that the re-admission rate is not significantly altered. There was no evidence to suggest that shortening the length of stay in hospital increased the likelihood of relapse, nor were increased demands made on the day hospital service.

Type
Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 136 , Issue 5 , May 1980 , pp. 463 - 468
Copyright
Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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