We are a 26 bed acute care psych unit in a general hospital. We do not give passes out to pts. As the criteria has tightened for admission in recent years ( not able to contract for safety or not able to function)that would be the reason one couldnt be protected in the community- if out on a pass. We also have an Out-Pt Prgoram and the trend is for pts to transition to these intensive out-pt prgrams as they improve.