Diagnostic profile of inpatients as a determinant of length of stay in a general hospital psychiatric unit

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1233-1240

  Hallak, J E C ^a,c   Crippa, J A S ^a,b   Vansan, G ^a   Zuardi, A W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagnostic category; General hospital; Length of stay; Psychiatric unit

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; MOOD DISORDER; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0141989596     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X2003000900014     Document Type: Article

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