Excess health care service utilization and costs associated with underrecognition of psychiatric comorbidity in a medical/surgical inpatient setting

Quality Management in Health Care

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 98-102

  Borckardt, Jeffrey J ^a,b   Madan, Alok ^a   Barth, Kelly ^a   Galloway, Sarah ^a   Balliet, Wendy ^a   Cawley, Patrick J ^a   Pelic, Christine ^a   Hargett, Steve ^a   Rublee, Steve ^a   McLeod Bryant, Stephen ^a   Malcolm, Robert ^a   Uhde, Thomas ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b 507 N IOP ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MENTAL DISEASE; PILOT STUDY; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MENTAL DISORDERS; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 79955119251     PISSN: 10638628     EISSN: 15505154     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QMH.0b013e3182134af0     Document Type: Article

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