Case mix in the "downsizing" state hospital

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 255-262

  Fisher, William H ^a   Simon, Lorna ^a   Geller, Jeffrey L ^a   Penk, Walter E ^b   Irvin, Elizabeth A ^b   White, Carla L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Department of Mental Health   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CASE MIX; DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH SERVICE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITY SIZE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, STATE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030002929     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.47.3.255     Document Type: Article

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