Determinants of geropsychiatric inpatient length of stay

Psychiatric Quarterly

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 195-212

  Blank, Karen ^a,b,e   Hixon, Laurel ^c   Gruman, Cindy ^a,b   Robison, Julie ^a,b   Hickey, Gene ^a,d   Schwartz, Harold I ^a,b  

^a HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Palmetto Health Richland   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE OF LIVING   (United States)

Author keywords

Geropsychiatry; Hospitalization; Length of stay

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; DEMOGRAPHY; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FALLING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICARE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; RATING SCALE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRIEF PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE; COMORBIDITY; CONNEXINS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT READMISSION; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 17644421425     PISSN: 00332720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11089-005-2339-x     Document Type: Article

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