Determinants of length of stay for psychiatric inpatients: Analysis of a national database covering the entire Korean elderly population

Health Policy

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 120-128

  Chung, Woojin ^a   Oh, Sun Min ^b   Suh, Tongwoo ^c   Lee, Young Moon ^d   Oh, Byoung Hoon ^e   Yoon, Chung Won ^f  

^a Institute of Health Services Research   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Korea Inst Hlth and Social Aff   (South Korea)

^d Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^e Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^f Health Insurance Review Agency   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Geriatric psychiatry; Hospitalization; Korea; Length of stay; Mental health services

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATA BASE; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; MENTAL PATIENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; REIMBURSEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOUTH KOREA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 73949108974     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2009.09.004     Document Type: Article

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