American Association of Community Psychiatrists' principles for managing transitions in behavioral health services

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1271-1275

  Sowers, Wesley E ^a   Rohland, Barbara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONCEPT FORMATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHIATRY; QUALITY CONTROL; TREATMENT PLANNING;

COMMUNITY PSYCHIATRY; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PATIENT CARE MANAGEMENT; PATIENT TRANSFER; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 7444243705     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.55.11.1271     Document Type: Article

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