A combined inpatient and partial hospital program.
This paper describes a combined inpatient and partial hospital program, with a ten-bed short-term inpatient unit and a partial hospital program that can accommodate 24 patients. Inpatients and partial hospital patients are treated together by the same staff in a program located in the partial hospital. The authors highlight features of the program that address the five elements of continuity: place, personnel, program, patient-peers, and plan for treatment. The discussion focuses on the importance of continuity in sustaining a combined unit; potential benefits for patients, families, staff, and trainees; attractiveness to third-party payers; and impediments to fully realizing the potential of the unit.
Houghtalen
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Department of Psychiatry, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, NY 14642, USA.
Talbot
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D000328:Adult; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D003631:Day Care, Medical / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated / Q000191:economics; D005260:Female; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000191:economics; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000191:economics / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009518:New York; D010343:Patient Admission / Q000191:economics; D010351:Patient Discharge / Q000191:economics; D011567:Psychiatric Department, Hospital / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data