Demand for psychiatric emergency services and immigration. Findings in a Spanish hospital during the year 2003

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 383-387

  Perez Rodriguez, M Mercedes ^a   Baca Garcia, Enrique ^b,c   Quintero Gutierrez, Francisco J ^b   Gonzalez, Gloria ^b   Saiz Gonzalez, Dolores ^b   Botillo, Carlota ^b   Basurte Villamor, Ignacio ^b   Sevilla, Juncal ^b   Gonzalez De Rivera, Jose L ^b  

^a HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO FUNDACIÓN JIMÉNEZ DÍAZ   (Spain)

^c Hospital UniversitarioFundación Jiménez Díaz   (Spain)

Author keywords

Continuity of care; Ethnicity; Hospital; Immigration; Pathway to care; Psychiatric care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN;

ADULT; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; EMERGENCY SERVICES, PSYCHIATRIC; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PATIENT ADMISSION; SPAIN; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 33748155276     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckl021     Document Type: Article

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