Predicting length of stay in an acute care hospital: The role of psychosocial problems

Social Work in Health Care

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 1-16

  Keefler, Joan ^a,b   Duder, Sydney ^b   Lechman, Constance ^c  

^a MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diagnostic Related Groups (DRG); High risk screening; Hospital length of stay; Person in Environment (PIE); Psychosocial problems

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL WORK; SOCIAL WORKER; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ADULT; CANADA; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; ROLE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; SOCIAL WORK, PSYCHIATRIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0035176382     PISSN: 00981389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J010v33n02_01     Document Type: Article

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