Residential alternatives to acute psychiatric hospital admission: Systematic review

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 195, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 109-117

  Lloyd Evans, Brynmor ^a   Slade, Mike ^b   Jagielska, Dorota ^a   Johnson, Sonia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CINAHL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DATA EXTRACTION; EMBASE; EMERGENCY CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDLINE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; METHODOLOGY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESIDENTIAL CARE; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649310938     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.108.058347     Document Type: Review

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