Impact of shorter lengths of stay on status at discharge in bipolar mania

Annals of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 139-143

  Thomas, Marshall R ^a,b   Kassner, Cordt T ^a   Fryer, George E ^a   Giese, Alexis A ^a   Rosenberg, Steven A ^a   Dubovsky, Steven L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Inpatient; Length of stay; Managed care; Mania

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; MENTAL HOSPITAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COLORADO; EPISODE OF CARE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030728520     PISSN: 10401237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026221822839     Document Type: Article

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