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The Hospital "Dumping Syndrome": Causes and Treatment

J. F. WILDER, BYRAM KARASU, and DEBORAH KLIGLERAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 128, Number 11

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.11.1446

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The authors describe a network of factors that produce and perpetuate the dumping of patients by the local hospital on the slate hospital system. A change in policy, placing local and state wards under the same administrative authority, alters the feedback process and reduces dumping. This improvement may be achieved not by adding resources but by understanding and by altering the structure of the current system.

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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 128 • Number 11 • May 1972

Pages: 1446 - 1449

PubMed: 5020198

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Published in print: May 1972

Published online: 1 April 2006

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J. F. WILDER

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BYRAM KARASU

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DEBORAH KLIGLER

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Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, N.Y. and Acting Director, Department of Psychiatry, Bronx Municipal Hospital Center, Pelham Pkwy, and Eastchester Rd., Bronx, N.Y. 10461

Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, N.Y.

Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, N.Y.

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The Hospital "Dumping Syndrome": Causes and Treatment

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