Psychiatric rehospitalization among elderly persons in the United States

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1038-1045

  Prince, Jonathan D ^a,b,c   Akincigil, Ayse ^a,b   Kalay, Ece ^a   Walkup, James T ^a   Hoover, Donald R ^a   Lucas, Judith ^a   Bowblis, John ^a   Crystal, Stephen ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BORDERLINE STATE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MOOD DISORDER; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PANIC; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 50849088018     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.2008.59.9.1038     Document Type: Article

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