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Out-of-whack patient mix at Slater hospital raises compliance questions

By WPRI
| May 18, 2021

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) – A new state assessment suggests Rhode Island is out of compliance with a federal rule requiring that psychiatric patients account for below half of everyone receiving care at Eleanor Slater Hospital, raising new questions about the troubled state-run facility’s management.

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