Level-of-care determinations in psychiatry

Harvard Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 286-290

  Sowers, Wesley ^a  

^a ST FRANCIS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRY; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; REVIEW;

EID: 0031887984     PISSN: 10673229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10673229809000312     Document Type: Review

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