Characteristics of psychiatric hospitals associated with length of stay in Japan

Health Policy

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 115-121

  Imai, Hirohisa ^a   Hosomi, Jun ^b   Nakao, Hiroyuki ^b   Tsukino, Hiromasa ^b   Katoh, Takahiko ^b   Itoh, Toshihiro ^a   Yoshida, Takahiko ^a  

^a ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Characteristics; Japan; Length of stay; Psychiatric hospitals

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; DATA BASE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; JAPAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MENTAL HOSPITAL; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OUTPATIENT;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; JAPAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 24344464384     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2004.12.018     Document Type: Article

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