Utilization of psychiatric emergency services by homeless persons in Spain

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 14-19

  Pascual, Juan Carlos ^b,c,d   Malagón, Angeles ^a,b   Arcega, Jose M ^a,b   Gines, Jose M ^a,b   Navinés, Ricard ^a,b   Gurrea, Alfredo ^a,b   Garcia Ribera, Carlos ^a,b   Bulbena, Antoni ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c Sta Creu and St Pau Hospital   (Spain)

^d Red de Enfermedades Mentales (REM TAP Network)   (Spain)

Author keywords

Homeless; Hospitalization; Psychiatric emergency services

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOMELESSNESS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ADULT; EMERGENCY SERVICES, PSYCHIATRIC; FEMALE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; ODDS RATIO; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPAIN;

EID: 37349046665     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2007.08.006     Document Type: Article

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