Effects of hospital closure on mortality rates of the over-65 long-stay psychiatric population.
The closure of this 100-year-old hospital has allowed us to look at the effect on mortality of moving the whole over-65 long-stay population to other settings. Our results confirm that there is a slight excess of deaths during and immediately after these moves, but that there is no longer-term effect on mortality rates.
Jackson
G A
GA
Leverndale Hospital, Glasgow, Scotland.
Whyte
J
J
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006271:Health Facility Closure; D006299:Health Services for the Aged; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D009026:Mortality / Q000639:trends*