A multidisciplinary expert consensus on optimal acute adult psychiatric inpatient care in Hong Kong
Experts in Hong Kong reached consensus on the need for more psychiatric beds than currently available to achieve a balanced care system. This study also presents consensus on a nurse-inpatient ratio that would require investments in more staff and has the potential to improve the quality of inpatient treatment and efficiency of care.
Authors
- Janelle Yorke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1344-5944)
- Grace W. K. Ho (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4703-5430)
- Tarun Joseph Bastiampillai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6931-2913)
- Sherry Kit Wa Chan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2712-5826)
- Adrian P. Mundt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8763-4601)
- Chak Fai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0013-1855)
- C.W. Law (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9857-1132)
- Kathy Chan
- Wai Ching Yan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-2848-6659)
- Wai Song Yeung
Institutions
- Hong Kong Polytechnic University (HK)
- Flinders University (AU)
- Chinese University of Hong Kong (HK)
- Queen Mary Hospital (CN)
- Kwai Chung Hospital (CN)
- Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital (CN)
- Kowloon Hospital (CN)
- Flinders Medical Centre (AU)
- Hospital Clínico de la Universidad de Chile (CL)
- University of Hong Kong (HK)
- Universidad Diego Portales (CL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Public Health
- Published
- 2025-12-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1719409
- Primary Topic
- Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00