Predictors of length of stay in a psychiatric ward serving active duty military and civilian patients

Military Medicine

Volumn 170, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 219-222

  McLay, Robert N ^a   Daylo, Amado ^b   Hammer, Paul S ^a  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b US Naval Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILITARY SERVICE; MOOD DISORDER; PREDICTION; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; PSYCHOSIS; SOLDIER;

EID: 19544369845     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.170.3.219     Document Type: Article

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