Factors affecting psychiatric inpatient hospitalization from a psychiatric emergency service

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 618-625

  Unick, George J ^a   Kessell, Eric ^b   Woodard, Eric K ^c   Leary, Mark ^c   Dilley, James W ^c   Shumway, Martha ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Mental health disparities; Psychiatric emergency services; Psychiatric inpatient services

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG USE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HOMELESSNESS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PROBABILITY; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; RACE; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EMERGENCY SERVICES, PSYCHIATRIC; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOMELESS PERSONS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; SAN FRANCISCO; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 82855161389     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: 18737714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2011.06.004     Document Type: Article

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