Ferguson, L., & Huey, L. (2020). 

International literature on missing persons suggests that a significant volume of missing person cases originate from hospitals and mental health units, resulting in considerable costs and resource demands on both police and health sectors (e.g., Bartholomew et al., 2009; Sowerby and Thomas, 2017). In the Canadian context, however, very little is known about patients reported missing from these locations.

An abstract is available to view online with restricted access to the full article. Policing: an international journal, 43(3), 525-540. 

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