Post-discharge contact with mental health clinics and psychiatric readmission: A 6-month follow-up study

Israel Journal of Psychiatry and Related Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 262-267

  Grinshpoon, Alexander ^a   Lerner, Yaacov ^b   Hornik Lurie, Tzipi ^b   Zilber, Nelly ^b   Ponizovsky, Alexander M ^c  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b Falk Institute for Mental Health Studies   (Israel)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HOSPITAL; PATIENT CARE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME;

CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84856145085     PISSN: 03337308     EISSN: 26172402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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