Five-year outcomes following psychiatric consultation to a tertiary care emergency room

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 160, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1350-1353

  Lambert, Michael T ^a   LePage, James P ^a   Schmitt, Andrew L ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONSULTATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADDICTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

DIAGNOSIS, DUAL (PSYCHIATRY); EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0042978649     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.160.7.1350     Document Type: Article

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