A system of patient classification in long-term sychiatric inpatients: Resource Utilization Groups T-18 (RUG T-18)

Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 33-37

  Iglesias, C ^a,c   Alonso Villa, M J ^b  

^a Department of Psychiatry   (Norway)

^b Fund Benito Jeronimo Feijoo   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL VALLE DEL NALÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Case mix; Long term care; Psychiatry; Resource Utilization Groups; RUG

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL PATIENT; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT CODING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPAIN;

EID: 14844323623     PISSN: 13510126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2850.2004.00789.x     Document Type: Article

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