Utilization patterns of psychiatric emergency services by elderly patients

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 182-183

  Woo, Benjamin Kai Pan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUSE; AGGRESSION; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMORBIDITY; CONFUSION; CRISIS INTERVENTION; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOMICIDE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRESCRIPTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

AGED; EMERGENCY SERVICES, PSYCHIATRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 58149229548     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02061.x     Document Type: Letter

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