Predicting length of stay on an acute care medical psychiatric inpatient service

Administration and Policy in Mental Health

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 15-29

  Blais, Mark A ^a   Matthews, John ^b   Lipkis Orlando, Robin ^b   Lechner, Erin ^b   Jacobo, Michelle ^b   Lincoln, Robert ^b   Gulliver, Christina ^b   Herman, John B ^b   Goodman, Alyson F ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Admission variables; Length of stay; LOS; Management; Prediction

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; BOSTON; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0142250428     PISSN: 0894587X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026044106172     Document Type: Article

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