This may introduce a bias as some patients may have been admitted to the services several times, and some might have been referred both to inpatient services and outpatient services.
Overall, clients admitted to residential services were more impaired than those admitted to outpatient services, yet they were more likely to be abstinent in their last month of treatment (87% versus 67%, χ2 870.2, p <.0001) and to complete treatment (70% versus 53%, χ2 578.4, p <.0001).
In many hospitals, children with suspected nonaccidental trauma (sNAT) are admitted to nonsurgical services (NSS).
Of these, 57 801 were admitted to the services.
Patients with very short life expectancies due to underlying conditions are probably less likely to be admitted to surgical services.
We included all patients who were admitted to these services between October 2009 and September 2010 for 24 h or longer.
However, it appears to be an aspect of the more severe levels of demoralisation found among women admitted to clinical services.
Patients admitted to stroke services with high organisational scores were more likely to receive most (5 or 6) of the six care processes.
Patients admitted to stroke services scoring highly on a measure of organisational quality were more likely to receive all six of the care processes measured in this study.
