Length of stay in a german psychiatric hospital as a function of patient and organizational characteristics - A multilevel analysis

International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 146-161

  Frick, Ulrich ^c   Rehm, Jürgen ^b,f   Krischker, Stefan ^a,e,f   Cording, Clemens ^a,b,c,d,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^e Psychiatric District Hospital of Regensburg   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hierarchical linear model; Hospital comparison; Length of stay; Risk adjustment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001264689     PISSN: 10498931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mpr.65     Document Type: Article

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