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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 May 2.
Published in final edited form as: Health Aff (Millwood). 2018 Nov;37(11):1853–1861. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2018.0718

EXHIBIT 2.

Differences in regulatory language regarding inpatient psychiatry across a sample of six states

Regulatory language refers to:

State Staff-patient ratios Trauma-informed care Internal trending of adverse events Involvement of peers Access to outdoors
CA Yes No No No Yes
CO No No No No No
FL No No Yes No No
MA Yesa Yes No Yes Yes
MS No No No No No
NV No No No No No

SOURCE Authors’ analysis of information from public documents related to state licensing requirements for inpatient psychiatric facilities.

a

Currently there are no explicit staff-patient ratios in Massachusetts, but the regulations state that facilities must apply appropriate staff-patient ratios; the definition of appropriate is not provided in the regulations.