Few studies of deinstitutionalized patients in the community have
focused on the quality of the patients' lives. The authors interviewed 31
patients discharged from a state hospital to community residences and 10
patients who remained in the hospital. Patients were evaluated at three
time intervals on eight outcome indexes. Eight months after the patients
left the hospital they reported significant positive changes in the quality
of their lives. None of the patients were rehospitalized during the study
period.
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