Impact of capacity reductions in acute public-sector inpatient psychiatric services

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 135-141

  Shumway, Martha ^a,b   Alvidrez, Jennifer ^c   Leary, Mark ^a,b   Sherwood, Deborah ^e   Woodard, Eric ^a,b   Lee, Emily K ^a,b   Hall, Heather ^d   Catalano, Ralph A ^f   Dilley, James W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON MINORITY HEALTH AND HEALTH DISPARITIES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE INPATIENT CAPACITY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE MIX; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL PATIENT; PRISON; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SUICIDE; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICES, PSYCHIATRIC; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; PUBLIC SECTOR; SAN FRANCISCO; SUICIDE; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84857675914     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.201000145     Document Type: Article

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