Improving the quality of suicide risk assessments in the psychiatric emergency setting: Physician documentation of process indicators

Journal of the American Osteopathic Association

Volumn 109, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 354-358

  Mahal, Satinder K ^a   Chee, Christopher B ^a   Lee, June C Y ^a   Nguyen, Tri ^a   Woo, Benjamin K P ^b  

^a Touro University California   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOMETRY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CALIFORNIA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY SERVICES, PSYCHIATRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDE;

EID: 77954731829     PISSN: 00986151     EISSN: 00986151     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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