Psychiatric utilization review as patient care evaluation.
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Private in-patient psychiatric care
A recent leading article on Private In-patient Psychi atric Care by Isaac Marks & Graham Thornicroft ( 1990)generated a flurry of indignant responses from colleagues working in the private sector (White et al, 1990). So far as I could tell, the leader contained neither factual errors nor rash statements yet such discussions always generate an emotive response. I am committed to the concept of a...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Public Health
سال: 1972
ISSN: 0090-0036,1541-0048
DOI: 10.2105/ajph.62.9.1222