Does a community based recovery service reduce inpatient bed days?

Sophie Isobel Margaret ThomasHelen BoardmanPaul Clenaghan

Published in: Australasian psychiatry : bulletin of Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (2020)

It is possible that inpatient bed day reduction may not be an appropriate outcome measure for a service built on principles of personal recovery. How to translate recovery-outcomes to justifiable financial benefits for services requires further consideration and alignment of values with reporting measures.

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