Extended outpatient civil commitment and treatment utilization

Social Work in Health Care

Volumn 43, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 37-51

  Segal, Steven P ^a   Burgess, Philip ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Mental health; OLS regression; Outpatient commitment; Victorian Psychiatric Case Register (VPCR)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COMMUNITY CARE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR AFFECTIVE DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE DISORDERS, PSYCHOTIC; AFTERCARE; AMBULATORY CARE; COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; EPISODE OF CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT READMISSION; REGISTRIES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VICTORIA;

EID: 33748462463     PISSN: 00981389     EISSN: 1541034X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J010v43n02_04     Document Type: Conference Paper

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