Ethnicity and use of acute psychiatric beds: One-day survey in North and South Thames regions

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 171, Issue SEPT., 1997, Pages 238-241

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

^a Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster Health Authority   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c N Thames Regional Health Authority   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ETHNIC GROUP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0030863969     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.171.3.238     Document Type: Article

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