Summary
Staff writer
Persistent overcrowding at West Virginia's two state-run psychiatric facilities has prompted the state to divert patients to community hospitals and private facilities, a practice that significantly drives up the cost of care.See the full content of this document
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State Pays Double to House Some Mental Patients
West Virginia spends $550 a day to house a patient at Mildred Mitchell-Bateman Hospital in Huntington, and $600 a day at William R. Sharpe Jr. Hospital in Weston.
But the state spends up to $1,220 a day for ...See the full content of this document
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