A descriptive survey of acute bed usage for dementia care in old age psychiatry

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 348-354

  Neville, Peter ^a   Boyle, Ann ^b   Baillon, Sarah ^c  

^a Direct of Psychiat for the Elderly   (United Kingdom)

^b GLENFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dementia; Elderly; Geriatric psychiatry; Health services for the elderly; Psychiatric admission

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMENTIA; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; NEGLECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 0033048012     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(199905)14:5<348::AID-GPS915>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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