Wednesday 7 September 2016

Lengthy ER visits for psychiatric patients often result in transfer, not treatment

(University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine) A new study found that people who visit emergency rooms for mental health care were transferred to another facility at six times the rate of people who visit ERs for non-psychiatric conditions, and could wait almost two hours longer. The study is published today in Health Affairs and highlights a persisting shortfall in emergency psychiatric services in the country.

from EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science http://ift.tt/2ciqDzE

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