Disposition of emergency department patients with psychiatric comorbidity: Results from the 2004 National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 274-275

  Kunen, S ^a,b   Prejean, C ^a,c   Gladney, B ^a,c   Harper, D ^a,b   Mandry, C V ^a,b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c Baton Rouge General   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY PATIENT; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; ADDICTION; ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSIS, DUAL (PSYCHIATRY); EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33645729966     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2005.027367     Document Type: Article

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