A key step for quality care in psychiatric emergency settings

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 503-504

  Woo, Benjamin K P ^a   Sultzer, David L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EFFICIENCY; EMERGENCY SERVICES, PSYCHIATRIC; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70350570673     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2009.06.006     Document Type: Editorial

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