Inpatient psychiatric services

These finding s demonstrate the immense economic dependence of psychiatrists on institutional employment. In other Western countries, where economic opportunities and social demands for private psychiatric services are much less than in the United States, the proportion of psychiatrists working in mental and other institutions is even greater. In Britain, for example, only 4.5 percent of the psychiatrists spend more than half their working time in private practice 69 percent are employed on a full-time basis in the National Health Service and 77 percent spend at least part of their time engaged in the treatment of hospital inpatients (as against 51 percent of American psychiatrists). In communist countries, all psychiatry is, of course. Institutional Psychiatry. 

The Concise Guides Series from American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc., provides, in an accessible format, practical information for psychiatrists, psychiatry residents, and medical students working in a variety of treatment settings, such as inpatient psychiatry units, outpatient clinics, consultation-liaison services, and private offices. The Concise Guides are meant to complement the more detailed information to be found in lengthier psychiatry texts. 

Medicare Part A which provides hospitalization insurance that covers inpatient hospital, home health, skilled nursing facility, psychiatric hospital, and hospice care services. 

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