title: Emergency discharges: their outcome.
abstract: This paper compares the short-term outcome of a group of seven patients released from an inpatient facility during an employee strike and a group of eight released at the optimal time according to the treating physicians. There was no difference in the outcome of the two groups, only two fifth of the entire cohort could be considered as doing well. The reasons for the findings are explored.
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000359:Aftercare; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007600:Judgment; D007902:Length of Stay; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D009518:New York; D010359:Patient Readmission; D012917:Social Adjustment