Day care in an inner city. II. Quality of the services.
Seven units providing psychiatric day care to residents of an inner-city area were surveyed. The extent to which the clinical and special problems of attenders were adequately managed by the services was measured using a 'needs-assessment' technique. Units differed in the proportion of clinical and social problems that were rated as 'unmet needs', although the extent of 'unmet need' was not clearly related to the morbidity of attenders at a unit or the available staffing.
Holloway
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St Giles' Day Hospital, London.
D000203:Activities of Daily Living / Q000145:classification / Q000523:psychology; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003156:Community Mental Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003631:Day Care, Medical / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand / Q000639:trends*; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008134:Long-Term Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D008875:Middle Aged; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000639:trends*; D012050:Rehabilitation, Vocational / Q000639:trends; D013222:State Medicine / Q000639:trends; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology; D014504:Urban Health / Q000639:trends*