An audit of admissions to an acute psychiatric unit

Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 132-136

  Kelleher, Margaret ^a   O'Brien, Sinead ^b  

^a St Camillus' Hospital   (Ireland)

^b University College Cork and INFANT Centre   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Audit; Emergency admissions; Inpatients; Length of stay

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DETOXIFICATION; DRUG ABUSE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; PSYCHOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0035211706     PISSN: 07909667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0790966700006625     Document Type: Article

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