Number	24002
Subject	Mental Health
Source	News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
State	NC
Year	2008
Publication Date	02/24/2008; 02/26/2008; 02/28/2008; 03/01/2008; 03/02/2008
Summary	The series examined each major failure of an eight-year effort to reform North Carolina's mental health system. Among others, the investigation found the state wasted $400 million on ineffective or unneeded services and at least 82 patients in state mental health hospitals and homes for the developmentally disabled had died of homicide, suicide, accidents or medical errors.
Category	Contest Entry
Pages	161
Keywords	mental disability; hospital; North Carolina; mental health; patient; reform; medical care; health policy
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