Monday, October 25, 2004

Oregon's high-priced hospital of hurt

From Sunday's Oregonian...
MICHELLE ROBERTS
Oregon's high-priced hospital of hurt
The state mental hospital survives on legislative inertia, thwarting patients' recovery while costing taxpayers dearly

SALEM -- Oregon spends half of its annual $180 million budget for mental health on the Oregon State Hospital, an overcrowded, decrepit institution that serves less than 1 percent of patients who need psychiatric care.

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