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Mortality of People with Learning Disability Following Relocation from Long-Stay Hospital to Social Care

Stephen Read

University of Huddersfield, UKs.read{at}hud.ac.uk

The article examines the results of an 18 month prospective evaluation of relocation effects on 111 people with learning disabilities discharged from long-stay hospital to social care in the community. One of the results found at the end of this period was a high mortality in this group that the investigators deemed worthy of further examination. A number of health related measures are examined to see if any explanation of these deaths is forthcoming. It is suggested that selection bias could account for the apparent high mortality in this group.

Key Words: learning disabilities • long-stay hospital • mortality • relocation

Journal of Learning Disabilities, Vol. 8, No. 3, 299-314 (2004)
DOI: 10.1177/1469004704042701
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