The impact of two changes in service delivery on a geriatric psychiatry liaison service

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 767-775

  Baheerathan, Mala ^a   Shah, Ajit ^b,c  

^a CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRAL AND NORTH WEST LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Depression and dementia; Liaison psychiatry; Service development

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; LIAISON PSYCHIATRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT REFERRAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PATIENT ADMISSION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0032840710     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(199909)14:9<767::AID-GPS7>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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