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Outcomes for elderly patients with mental illness following relocation from a stand-alone psychiatric hospital to community-based extended care units

Tom Meehan University of Queensland and Service Evaluation and Research Unit, The Park, Centre for Mental Health, Wacol, Queensland, 4076, Australia
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Tom Meehan University of Queensland and Service Evaluation and Research Unit, The Park, Centre for Mental Health, Wacol, Queensland, 4076, Australia
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Samantha Robertson Service Evaluation and Research Unit, The Park, Centre for Mental Health, Wacol, Queensland, Australia
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Terry Stedman University of Queensland and Service Evaluation and Research Unit, The Park, Centre for Mental Health, Wacol, Queensland, 4076, Australia
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Gerard Byrne Department of Psychiatry, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Pages 948-952 | Received 18 Dec 2003, Accepted 18 Jun 2004, Published online: 07 Aug 2009

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