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Adolescent inpatient units
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Editor,—Although separate dedicated medical inpatient adolescent units have been advocated1 there is little information on their availability in UK. We report the prevalence of adolescent medical inpatient facilities in England and Wales.
We performed a two stage survey between March and September 1998. In stage I we telephoned all hospitals with paediatric departments in England and Wales to ascertain the provision of inpatient adolescent facilities. In stage II we sent postal questionnaires …