Hospital length of stay for children and adolescents diagnosed with depression: is primary payer an influencing factor?

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 73-76

  Sclar, David A ^a,b   Robison, Linda M ^a   Gavrun, Corrine ^a   Skaer, Tracy L ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Washington Institute for Mental Illness Research and Training   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Depression; Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project; Length of stay; Payer

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH, REIMBURSEMENT; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR;

EID: 37349042485     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2007.08.003     Document Type: Article

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