Do aftercare services reduce inpatient psychiatric readmissions?

Health Services Research

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 715-736

  Foster, E Michael ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Aftercare services; Continuum of care; Inpatient length of stay

Indexed keywords

AFTERCARE; ARTICLE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0032864211     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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