The British Journal of Psychiatry 152: 705-706 (1988)
© 1988 The Royal College of Psychiatrists
The mortality of long-stay patients following interhospital relocation
RK Morriss, PC Bowie and PV Spencer
Leeds University, High Royds Hospital, Ilkley.
The mortality of 99 long-stay psychiatric patients did not significantly
increase after interhospital relocation. Preparation for the transfer, and
the type of environmental change, seem to be important determinants of
outcome in this and other studies.