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The Rural Inpatient Behavioral Health Delivery System’S Challenges To Access, Catherine L. Williams
The Rural Inpatient Behavioral Health Delivery System’S Challenges To Access, Catherine L. Williams
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Readmissions occurring in rural areas are an operational problem for administrators of state-owned facilities. The number of state-owned psychiatric beds have decreased by more than 96% nationwide. Georgia has 954 state-owned psychiatric beds (9.3 beds per 100,000 people) and ranks 48th in the United States. This is important as health administrators must ensure quality care for patients. The purpose of this study was to understand the relationship between readmission rate, discharge disposition, and rural access for patients who were admitted to an inpatient state-owned behavioral health center with a diagnosis indicating the patient is seriously mentally ill. The theoretical framework …