title: Mortality of mentally handicapped patients after mass inter-hospital relocation.
abstract: In September 1987 847 mentally handicapped patients were moved from A.J. Stals Care and Rehabilitation Centre to Lentegeur Hospital. A study of the death rates of patients for 4 years before the move and 18 months afterwards showed a rise in the death rate in the 6-month interval after the move.
authors.affiliation: Lentegeur Care and Rehabilitation Centre, Lentegeur Hospital, Department of Health Services and Welfare, Mitchell's Plain, CP.
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Hering
authors.forename: G G
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: George
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000401:mortality*; D008297:Male; D010360:Patient Transfer; D013997:Time Factors