What is the transfer of psychiatric patients out of large-scale institutions and into community-based care known as?

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Deinstitutionalization refers to the transfer of psychiatric patients out of large-scale institutions and into community-based care. Option A (Psychiatric exporting) is not a recognized term, Option B (Institutional depopulation) may refer to a reduction in the number of residents in an institution for reasons other than deinstitutionalization, Option D (Psychiatric down-sizing) is not a recognized term, and Option E (Patient displacement) is not an appropriate term for the transfer of patients from institutions to community-based care.

What Is the Transfer of Psychiatric Patients Out of Large-Scale