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  • Title: The benefits of a psychiatric consultation--liaison service in a general hospital.
    Author: Hales RE.
    Journal: Gen Hosp Psychiatry; 1985 Jul; 7(3):214-8. PubMed ID: 4018577.
    Abstract:
    In this period of increased governmental regulation and decreased reimbursement for psychiatric services by third-party carriers, a fully staffed and financially stable psychiatric consultation-liaison service in the general hospital may still generate significant benefits for patients, hospital administrators, and psychiatrists: an increased rate of diagnosis of psychiatric and medical disorders, a reduction in the length of stay of medical or surgical patients, a decreased utilization of medical services and the development of innovative consultation-liaison activities. This article summarizes these benefits and outlines training obstacles that must be overcome to increase cooperation between psychiatry and medicine so that these benefits may be realized.
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