Comparative efficiency ratings between public and private acute inpatient facilities

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 651-657

  Hugo, Malcolm ^a  

^a N W Adelaide Mental Hlth Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acute hospitalisation; Admission severity; Length of stay; Outcome; Public private patients; Voluntary involuntary patients

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, PRIVATE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PATIENT ADMISSION; PUBLIC FACILITIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033915790     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1614.2000.00742.x     Document Type: Article

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