Trends in discharge disposition, mortality, and service use among long-stay psychiatric patients in the 1990s

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 542-548

  Desai, Mayur M ^a,b,c   Rosenheck, Robert A ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL PATIENT; MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE;

AFFECTIVE DISORDERS, PSYCHOTIC; AGED; BRAIN DISEASES; CENSUSES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITY CLOSURE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MENTALLY ILL PERSONS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 0038203082     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.54.4.542     Document Type: Article

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