Use of acute psychiatric beds: A point prevalence survey in North and South thames regions

Journal of Public Health (United Kingdom)

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 207-216

  Fulop, Naomi J ^a,b   Koffman, Jonathan ^a   Carson, Sharon ^a   Robinson, Alex ^a   Pashley, David ^c   Coleman, Ken ^c  

^a Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster Health Authority   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c N Thames Regional Health Authority   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

homelessness; inappropriately placed; psychiatry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CITY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HOUSING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL PATIENT; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; BED OCCUPANCY; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITALS, PRIVATE; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 0029952302     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: 17413850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pubmed.a024481     Document Type: Article

References (26)

1. Ritchie J, Dick D, Lingham L. The report of the inquiry into the care and treatment of Christopher Clunis. London: HMSO, 1994.
2. Coid J. Failure of community care: psychiatry's dilemma. Br MedJ 1994; 308: 805-806.
3. Steering Committee of the Confidential Enquiry into Homicides and Suicides by Mentally 111 People. A preliminary report on homicide. London: Department of Health, 1994.
4. Powell R, Hollander D, Tobiansky, R. A longitudinal survey of the bed state of Greater London's acute psychiatric units. A briefing paper for North East Thames Regional Health Authority, 1993.
5. MILMIS Project Group, Monitoring inner London mental health services. Psychiat Bull 1995; 19: 276-280.
6. Mental Health Task Force London Project. Priorities for action. London: Department of Health, 1994.
7. Department of Health. Legal powers on the care of mentally ill people in the community. Report of the internal review. London: Department of Health, 1993.
8. Department of Health. On the slate of the public health. The Annual Report of the Chief Medical Officer of the Department of Health for the Year 1992. London: HMSO, 1993.
9. Mental Health (Patients in the Community) Act. London: HMSO, 1995.
10. Fulop N, Koffman J, Hudson M. Challenging bed behaviours: the use of acute psychiatric beds in an inner London District Health Authority. / Mental Hlth 1992; 1(4): 335-341.
11. Thornicroft G, Strathdee G. How many psychiatric beds? Br MedJ 1994; 309: 970-971.
12. World Health Organization. International statistical classification of diseases and related health problems. Geneva: WHO, 1992.
13. Gertman P, Restuccia J. The appropriateness evaluation protocol: a technique for assessing unnecessary days of hospital care. Med Care 1981; 19: 855-871.
14. Anderson P, Meara J, Brodhurst S, et al. Use of hospital beds: a cohort study of admissions to a provincial teaching hospital. Br MedJ 1988; 297: 910-912.
15. Victor CR, Khakoo AA. Is hospital the right place? A survey of inappropriate admissions to an inner London NHS trust. J Publ Hlth Med 1994; 16: 286-290.
16. Landis RJ, Koch GG. The measurement of observer agreement for categorical data. Biometrics 1917; 33: 159-174.
17. House of Commons Health Select Committee. Better off in the community? The care of people who are seriously mentally ill. London: HMSO, 1994.
18. Tyrer P, Turner R, Johnson A. Integrated hospital and community psychiatric services and use of inpatient beds. Br MedJ 1989; 299: 298-300.
19. Tansella M. Community-based psychiatry: long-term pattern of care in South Verona. Psychol Med 1991(Suppl. 19): 1-51.
20. Tyrer P, Morgan J, Van Horn E, et al. A randomised controlled study of close monitoring of vulnerable psychiatric patients. Lancet 1995; 345: 765-759.
21. Thornicroft G, Strathdee G. How many psychiatric beds? Br MedJ 1994; 309: 970-971.
22. The Mental Health Foundation. Creating community care. London: Mental Health Foundation, 1994.
23. Audit Commission. Finding a place: review of mental health services for adults. London: HMSO, 1994.
24. Anonymous. Care-management: a disastrous mistake. Lancet 1995; 345: 399-401.
25. Royal College of Physicians. Homelessness and ill health. London: RCP, 1994.
26. Fulop N. Cash in the community. The Guardian, 8 March 1995.