Closing state mental hospitals in Massachusetts: Policy, process, and impact

International Journal of Law and Psychiatry

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 199-217

  Upshur, Carole C ^a   Benson, Paul R ^a   Clemens, Elizabeth ^a   Fisher, William H ^b   Leff, H Stephen ^c   Schutt, Russell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Human Services Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL SERVICE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE; DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITY CLOSURE; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE);

EID: 0030904493     PISSN: 01602527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0160-2527(96)00018-0     Document Type: Article

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