Infection Symptoms: Over 90% of Psychiatric Patients Treated in Community Hospitals Are Cared for in Specialty Units: Study

Over 90% of psychiatric patients treated in community hospitals are cared for in specialty units: Study

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Over 90 percent of psychiatric patients who received treatment in community hospitals were cared for in hospital-based psychiatric specialty units, according to a study sponsored by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and published today in Psychiatric Services.

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