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A report on the closing of a State hospital

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In view of a growing national trend toward the phasing out of the State mental hospital, the authors examine the effects of State hospital closure and draw on the experience of California to offer suggestions as to how other States might deal with some of the problems associated with such closings.

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  1. Stanford Research Institute in Menlo Park, USA

    Samuel Weiner (an economist) & Dorothy M. Place (a social analyst)

  2. the Health Services Administration, USA

    Paul I. Ahmed (a senior program analyst)

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  1. Samuel Weiner
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The study reported in this article was conducted by the Stanford Research Institute with support from the National Institute of Mental Health, Grant Number MH 19222.

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Weiner, S., Place, D.M. & Ahmed, P.I. A report on the closing of a State hospital. Administration in Mental Health 2, 13–20 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02249800

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