A comparison of psychiatric casemix in the UK and Italy

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 432-436

  McCrone, P ^a   Lorusso, P ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CASE MIX; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; ITALY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL; PREDICTION; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HUMANS; ITALY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MULTICENTER STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0032875211     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001270050165     Document Type: Article

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