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While acute and continuin
forms of care,
hospitalization

at Riverview/Va Leesiae,

cared for al care (

fecilities are specifically oriented to and supported
with additional case management and reh, rt programs.

Another small group of patients from various areas of the current
Riverview/Val leyview operation would b eable in special
residential care facilities

("1C4") through a varie

Including a1] three

Referring to the estimated unit costs in Table 2 you can see that
each acute psychiatric care bed-day equates to about two special
care, or’four general care residential bed-days, and to twenty
professional outpatient staff patient days, or communi ty
Support/rehabilitation program spaces. Since it fs in everyone's
interest to have more effective resources available for mental health
needs,- these potential tradeoffs must be considered very carefully in
determining the system's requirement for acute care beds as opposed
to various non-hospital alternati ves that may meet the need as or
more effectively.