Psychiatric patients turnaround times in the emergency department

Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health

Volumn 1, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Kropp, Stefan ^a   Andreis, Christoph ^b   te Wildt, Bert ^b   Reulbach, Udo ^c   Ohlmeier, Martin ^b   Auffarth, Irina ^b   Ziegenbein, Marc ^b  

^a Landesklinik Teupitz ^*  (Germany)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENTAL PATIENT; MONITORING; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; PSYCHIATRIST; REGISTRATION; SEX; STANDARDIZATION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TREATMENT DURATION; TURNAROUND TIME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 33845213584     PISSN: 17450179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-0179-1-27     Document Type: Article

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