No way out: The delayed discharge of elderly mentally ill acute and assessment patients in North and South Thames Regions

Age and Ageing

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 268-272

  Koffman, Jonathan ^a   Fulop, Naomi J ^a   Pashley, David ^a   Coleman, Ken ^a  

^a Kensington Chelsea Westminster H ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; NURSING HOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL CARE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMENTIA; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PATIENT DISCHARGE;

EID: 0030035419     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/25.4.268     Document Type: Article

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