Patterns of acute psychiatric hospitalization in Massachusetts

Administration and Policy in Mental Health

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 221-240

  Hudson, Christopher G ^a,b  

^a SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Acute care; Length of stay; Patterns of hospitalization; Psychiatric hospitalization; Readmission

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; MENTAL PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; UNITED STATES;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 13844291257     PISSN: 0894587X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10488-004-0842-5     Document Type: Article

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