The benefits of psychiatric hospitalization for older nursing home residents

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1062-1065

  Kunik, Mark E ^a,c   Ponce, Hernando ^a   Molinari, Victor ^a   Orengo, Claudia ^a   Emenaha, Ify ^b   Workman, Richard ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Psychiatry ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; NURSING HOME; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029835525     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1996.tb02938.x     Document Type: Article

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