A field trial using artificial neural networks to predict psychiatric in-patient length-of-stay

Neural Computing and Applications

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 184-193

  Lowell, Walter ^a   Davis, George ^a   Lajousky, William ^a   Stieffel, Susan ^b   Davis, Geoffrey ^c   Breau, Maurice ^d   Harvey, Sarah ^d   Shirazi, Homayoun ^e  

^a Augusta Mental Health Institute   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Physical Therapy   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Back propagation; Field study; Length of stay; Neural networks; Psychiatry; Resource utilization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346556347     PISSN: 09410643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01413862     Document Type: Article

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