Does psychiatric comorbidity increase the length of stay in general hospitals?

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 8-14

  Wancata, J ^a   Benda, N ^a   Windhaber, J ^a   Nowotny, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

General hospitals; Length of stay; Psychiatric morbidity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; CONSULTATION; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRIA; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENTS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS;

EID: 0035793034     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0163-8343(00)00110-9     Document Type: Article

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