Length of first admission and treatment outcome in patients with unipolar depression

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 93, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 43-51

  Lauber, Christoph ^a   Lay, Barbara ^a   Rössler, Wulf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PSYCHIATRY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Length of stay; Patient readmission; Psychiatric hospitalisation; Unipolar depression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL CARE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SWITZERLAND; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT READMISSION; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; REGISTRIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWITZERLAND; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33744507320     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2006.02.002     Document Type: Article

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