Predictors for readmission risk of new patients: The nordic comparative study on sectorized psychiatry

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 367-373

  Øiesvold, Terje ^a,f   Saarento, O ^d   Sytema, S ^d   Vinding, H ^b   Gostas G ^c   Lonnerberg O ^d   Muus, S ^e   Sandlund, M ^d   Hansson, L ^d  

^a Nordland Psychiatric Hospital   (Norway)

^b ROSKILDE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c Orsa Alvdalen Prim Hlth Care Ctr   (Sweden)

^d Department of Psychiatry ^*

^e Community Mental Health Centre ^*  (Denmark)

^f Nordland Psykiatriske Sykehus   (Norway)

Author keywords

Hospitalization; Length of stay; Psychiatry; Readmission; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORWAY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; SURVIVAL; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT ADMISSION; RISK FACTORS; SCANDINAVIA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034014588     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0447.2000.101005367.x     Document Type: Article

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