Features of elderly patients admitted to a general hospital psychiatric unit

Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 55-59

  Furukawa, Yoshiko ^a,c   Odawara, Toshinari ^a,b   Yamada, Yasuhiro ^a,b   Fujita, Jyunichi ^a,b   Hirayasu, Yoshio ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^c Yokohama Comprehensive Care Continuum   (Japan)

Author keywords

Elderly patients; General hospital; Inpatients; Patient characteristics; Psychiatric unit

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; ELDERLY CARE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HEALTH HAZARD; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL PATIENT; MOOD DISORDER; ORGANIC PSYCHOSYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 33745532762     PISSN: 13463500     EISSN: 14798301     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-8301.2006.00147.x     Document Type: Article

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