A five-year study on the interactive effects of depression and physical illness on psychiatric unit length of stay

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 21-25

  Sloan, Denise M ^a,c   Yokley, James ^b   Gottesman, Howard ^b   Schubert, Daniel S P ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Depression; Hospital length of stay; Physical illness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT;

EID: 0032913789     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006842-199901000-00005     Document Type: Article

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