Recent treatment history vs clinical characteristics in the prediction of use of outpatient psychiatric services

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 130-139

  de Figueiredo, John M ^a   Boerstler, Heidi ^b   Doros, Gheorghe ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Outpatient; Pathways; Psychiatric services; Utilization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MOOD DISORDER; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERSONALITY DISORDER; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREDICTION; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33644597710     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-005-0999-6     Document Type: Review

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