One day survey by the Mental Health Act Commission of acute adult psychiatric inpatient wards in England and Wales

BMJ

Volumn 317, Issue 7168, 1998, Pages 1279-1283

  Ford, Richard ^a   Durcan, Graham ^a   Warner, Lesley ^a   Hardy, Pollyanna ^a   Muijen, Matt ^a  

^a SAINSBURY CENTRE FOR MENTAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; MANPOWER; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; NURSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; SKILL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BED OCCUPANCY; COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; SECURITY MEASURES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WALES; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 0032494766     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.317.7168.1279     Document Type: Article

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