inpatient mental health community hospitals in crisis revised december 2005 ... executive summary the 27 community hospitals that provide acute inpatient mental ... health services in washington state are a vital component of the state s ... door to the mental health system for washington residents who are committed ... the viability of their entire hospital inadequate hospital payments from the ... washington state department of social and health ... services and state underfunding of post-discharge ... an estimated $34 million in community hospital losses on inpatient mental health ... to grow during the 2005 session of the washington state legislature the washington state ... hospital association wsha supported the state mental health division s 2005-2007 ...
community hospitals with inpatient mental health units 2005 ... source washington state hospital association while involuntary commitments comprise ... a large proportion of community hospitals patients they are not the only ... for this limited resource community hospitals also serve patients who voluntarily ... are alike and not every community hospital can treat every mental health patient ... unfortunately the number of community hospital beds available to admit acutely ill ...