Characteristics of repeat users of an inpatient psychiatry service at a large military tertiary care hospital

Military Medicine

Volumn 169, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 648-653

  Bobo, William V ^a   Hoge, Charles W ^b   Messina, Melissa A ^a   Pavlovcic, Frank ^a   Levandowski, Dale ^a   Grieger, Thomas ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; MILITARY SERVICE; MOOD DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOSIS; PSYCHOTRAUMA; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RECIDIVISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; CLASSIFICATION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY MEDICINE; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SOLDIER; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, MILITARY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MILITARY PSYCHIATRY; PATIENT READMISSION; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 7044229621     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.169.8.648     Document Type: Article

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