Utilization of emergency department by psychiatric patients

Primary Psychiatry

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 60-64

  Downey, La Vonne A ^a   Zun, Leslie S ^b,c   Gonzales, Sandra Jones ^c  

^a ROOSEVELT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DEPRESSION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL PATIENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERSONALITY DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 73249122748     PISSN: 10826319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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