Determinants of indicated versus actual level of care in psychiatric emergency services

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 452-457

  Mulder, Cornelis L ^a,b   Koopmans, Gerrit T ^b   Lyons, John S ^c  

^a Mental Health Group Europoort   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; OUTPATIENT; PERSONALITY DISORDER; RATING SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; BED OCCUPANCY; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SERVICES, PSYCHIATRIC; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT ADMISSION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 16344375050     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.56.4.452     Document Type: Article

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