Schizophrenia patients discharged against medical advice at a mental hospital in Taiwan

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 415-420

  Wung, Yu Ting ^a   Chen, Cheng Chung ^a,b   Chen, Feng Chuan ^a   Lin, Ching Hua ^a,c  

^a KAI SUAN PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b Department of Psychiatry ^*  (Taiwan)

^c KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

atypical antipsychotic agent; discharge against medical advice; rehospitalization; schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGAINST MEDICAL ADVICE; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; TAIWAN; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LENGTH OF STAY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; TREATMENT REFUSAL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX FACTORS; TAIWAN; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT REFUSAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955078120     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: 14401819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2010.02103.x     Document Type: Article

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