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Determinants of Prolonged Hospitalization

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Isam E. Babiker*
Affiliation:
MRC Unit for Epidemiological Studies in Psychiatry, Edinburgh
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Examination of the existing literature on long-stay patients reveals two interesting parallel trends: an emphasis on descriptive studies characteristic of British literature and an equally singular emphasis on prediction of outcome in studies from the USA. No attempt has yet been made to combine the two methods. The present investigation represents such an attempt.

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Annual Meeting 1977: Abstracts of Papers
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1977
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