General hospital services for deliberate self-poisoning: An expensive road to nowhere?

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 888, 1999, Pages 599-602

  Kapur, Navneet ^a   House, Allan ^b   Creed, Francis ^a   Feldman, Eleanor ^c   Friedman, Trevor ^d   Guthrie, Elspeth ^a  

^a MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d LEICESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Self poisoning; Service provision

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; SELF POISONING; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

EID: 0032827531     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.75.888.599     Document Type: Article

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