Adverse incidents in acute psychiatric inpatient units: Rates, correlates and pressures

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 267-282

  Carr, Vaughan J ^a,b,c   Lewin, Terry J ^a,b,c   Sly, Ketrina A ^a,b,c   Conrad, Agatha M ^a,b,c   Tirupati, Srinivasan ^a,b,c   Cohen, Martin ^a,b,c   Ward, Philip B ^d   Coombs, Tim ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b HUNTER NEW ENGLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

^c SCHIZOPHRENIA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e The New South Wales Institute of Psychiatry   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aggression; Inpatients; Length of stay; Patient readmission; Psychiatry; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGGRESSION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENT REPORT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RISK FACTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGGRESSION; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT CARE MANAGEMENT; PATIENT READMISSION; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; RISK FACTORS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 40749112377     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00048670701881520     Document Type: Article

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