Combined medical-psychiatric inpatient units: Evaluation of the Centre for the Elderly

Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 268-274

  Maier, Andrea Britta ^a   Wächtler, Claus ^b   Hofmann, Werner ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Asklepios Klinik Nord Heidberg   (Germany)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Elderly; Geriatric psychiatry; Geriatrics; Interdisciplinary treatment; Psych med unit

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; COMORBIDITY; COOPERATION; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; ELDERLY CARE; GERIATRICS; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; REGISTER; STATISTICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY; GERIATRICS; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOSPITAL RESTRUCTURING; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT TRANSFER; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES;

EID: 36248931503     PISSN: 09486704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00391-007-0432-8     Document Type: Article

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