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CLINICAL AUDIT REPORT: NUMBER, REASONS AND INDICATION OF INPATIENT IN CHRONIC WARDS IN HOSPITAL MESRA BUKIT PADANG, SABAH, MALAYSIA
Author(s): Vie Cheong Thong*, Wen Lin Yeoh, Eleen Khor, Deshvin Kaur Amanjit Singh, Hui Lee Soon, Sabrina Philips, Ahmad Qabil Khalib and Nicholas Tze Ping Pang Introduction: The author conducted a clinical audit in Hospital Mesra Bukit Padang, Sabah, Malaysia looking into the number of chronic inpatients as well as the possible reasons for their admissions. Hospital Mesra is one of the four mental institutions funded entirely by the Malaysian Ministry of Health (MMH). The clinical audit may provide an insight for practitioners to work out for viable solutions to the high bed occupancy rate in Hospital Mesra, as well as the other mental institutions in the country. Methods: Information about the possible reasons of admission are gathered from all chronic inpatients who stayed in the hospital during the period of May 15, 2023, to June 30, 2023 (3 months) and assessed their psychiatric condition using the Brief Psychiatry Rating Scale (BPRS). The gathered data were analysed to look for assoc.. Read More» DOI: 10.54615/2231-7805.47338

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