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Bedding, not boarding. Psychiatric patients boarded in hospital EDs create crisis for patient care and hospital finances

Beth Kutscher

PubMed, 2013

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Abstract

As the supply of psychiatric beds dwindles, hospitals are devising innovative ways handle psych patients who come through the emergency department. Some collaborate with other hospitals, use separate pysch EDs or refer patients to residential treatment centers.

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