Length of stay of pediatric mental health emergency department visits in the United States

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1110-1119

  Case, Sarah D ^a   Case, Brady G ^a,b   Olfson, Mark ^c   Linakis, James G ^a   Laska, Eugene M ^d  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b E P BRADLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^d NATHAN S KLINE INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescent psychiatry; child psychiatry; emergency services; length of stay; psychiatric

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY PATIENT; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITALIZED CHILD; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICES, PSYCHIATRIC; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80054861730     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: 15275418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2011.08.011     Document Type: Article

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