Hospital variability in emergency department length of stay for adult patients receiving psychiatric consultation: A prospective study

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 127-136

  Chang, Grace ^a,b,c   Weiss, Anthony P ^a,b,d   Orav, Endel John ^a,b,c   Jones, Jennifer A ^a,c   Finn, Christine T ^e   Gitlin, David F ^b,c   Haimovici, Florina ^b,f   Hazen, Eric ^b,d,g   Kosowsky, Joshua M ^b,c   Schechter, Mark D ^b,h   Rauch, Scott L ^a,b,i  

^a Partners Psychiatry and Mental Health   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e Neurology Department Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center   (United States)

^f Brigham and Women's/Faulkner Hospitals   (United States)

^g NEWTON WELLESLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h NORTH SHORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONSULTATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; REVIEW;

EID: 79957750071     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2010.12.003     Document Type: Article

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