Clinical outcomes and length of stay of a co-located psychogeriatric and geriatric unit

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 233-236

  Chiu, Amanda ^a   Nguyen, Huong V ^a   Reutens, Sharon ^a   Grace, David ^a   Schmidtman, Robert ^a   Shen, Qing ^a,b   Chen, Jack ^b   Chan, Daniel K Y ^a,b  

^a BANKSTOWN LIDCOMBE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Length of stay; Mental health during aging; Psychogeriatric service

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 67649786654     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2008.08.008     Document Type: Article

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