The impact of psychiatric comorbidity on general hospital length of stay

Psychiatric Quarterly

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 203-209

  Bressi, Sara K ^a   Marcus, Steven C ^b   Solomon, Phyllis L ^b  

^a BRYN MAWR COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

General Hospital; Length of stay; Psychiatric comorbidity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICARE; MENTAL DISEASE; PREDICTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33748778233     PISSN: 00332720     EISSN: 15736709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11126-006-9007-x     Document Type: Article

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