Hospitalization for psychiatric illness among community-dwelling elderly persons in 1992 and 2002

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1046-1048

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

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Statistics and Biostatistics ^*

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; COMMUNITY CARE; DEPRESSION; ELDERLY CARE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICARE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

EID: 50849110821     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.2008.59.9.1046     Document Type: Article

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