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The TAPS Project. 11: The Selection of Patients for Reprovision

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 August 2018

David Jones
David Jones*
Affiliation:
London School of Economics (formerly TAPS)
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Abstract

The selection of patients for community reprovision during the first three years of an active closure programme at two large mental hospitals in the North East Thames Regional Health Authority was studied. It was found that a strong selection bias was operating: the patients selected were significantly younger, had spent less time in full-time psychiatric care, were less likely to have a diagnosis of schizophrenia, had larger social networks, and were more likely to want to leave hospital.

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Research Article
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 162 , Issue S19: The TAPS Project: Evaluating Community Placement of Long-Stay Psychiatric Patients , April 1993 , pp. 36 - 39
Copyright
Copyright © 1993 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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