Psychiatrists' caseload volume, length of stay and mental healthcare readmission rates: A three-year population-based study

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 15-23

  Lin, Herng Ching ^a   Lee, Hsin Chien ^a  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Length of stay; Readmission rates; Volume outcome relationship

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIST; SCHOOL CHILD; TAIWAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT READMISSION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; PSYCHIATRY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TAIWAN; UTILIZATION REVIEW; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60349105582     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2007.11.011     Document Type: Article

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