Monitoring inpatient length of stay in a community mental health center

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 166, Issue 9, 1978, Pages 655-660

  Levine, Michael S ^a   Weiner, Oscar D ^a   Carone, Patrick F ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; THERAPY;

COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MENTAL DISORDERS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 0017891903     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: 1539736X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005053-197809000-00005     Document Type: Article

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