Should patients with chronic psychiatric disorders remain in hospital? Results from a service inquiry

Israel Journal of Psychiatry and Related Sciences

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 268-273

  Grinshpoon, Alexander ^a   Shershevsky, Yehiel ^a   Levinson, Daphna ^a   Ponizovsky, Alexander ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HALFWAY HOUSE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; PATIENT REFERRAL; RANK SUM TEST; REGISTER; SCHIZOPHRENIA; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HOSPITAL READMISSION; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT READMISSION; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 1642410933     PISSN: 03337308     EISSN: 26172402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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