Comparison of child psychiatric patients in hospital and community clinics in Hong Kong

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 362-369

  Ho, Ting Pong ^a   Luk, Cynthia ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b Family and Child Service Division   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMMUNITY CARE; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PARENTS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030869715     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0163-8343(97)00054-6     Document Type: Article

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