Brief report: changes in admissions to a hospital for people with intellectual disabilities following the development of alternative community services

Author:
ALLEN David
Journal article citation:
Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 11(2), 1998, pp.156-165.
Publisher:
Wiley

Examines admissions to a hospital for people with intellectual disabilities over a 20-year period against the background of changes in community-based social and health care provision. Found the development of community support teams had no significant impact on the rate of overall hospital admissions but was associated with a reduction in long-stay admissions. The introduction of specialist services was associated with reductions in rates of both long-and-short-term admissions. The new infrastructure of community services appeared to reduce the dependency on hospital provision over the study period, although it had not proved possible to completely eradicate new long-stay admissions. Methodological problems with the study are discussed.

Subject terms:
hospitals, learning disabilities, long term care, community care, health care;
Content type:
research
Link:
Journal home page
ISSN online:
1468-3148
ISSN print:
1360-2322

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