title: Mental health. Focal points.
abstract: A pathways study looking at the process of acute care found the most vulnerable people admitted to hospital appeared to be the least likely to have received effective community care. Community services must be more systematically focused on those most in need. Day hospitals need to function as acute alternatives to inpatient care. Accommodation for newer service users must be considered.
authors.affiliation: Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Minghella
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ford
mesh_terms: D002391:Catchment Area, Health; D003156:Community Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006779:Hospitals, Public; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D008131:London / Q000453:epidemiology; D010343:Patient Admission; D019989:Persons with Intellectual Disabilities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011567:Psychiatric Department, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013222:State Medicine; D014505:Urban Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*