Development of a cost-efficient psychogeriatrics service
Abstract
Various cost-efficient and space-efficient methods were used to expand outpatient services to the elderly at a teaching hospital's psychiatry clinic over a 2-year period. During this time the active treatment census of elderly patients more than doubled, to 185 patients. Only one enrolled patient required psychiatric hospitalization, and none required nursing home placement in the 2 years. Except for the geriatrics service director, no new paid staff and no extra space were required to form the service. The authors review the methods that seemed most beneficial to the service.
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