Impact of the mental healthcare delivery system on California emergency departments

Western Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 51-56

  Stone, Ashley ^a,c   Rogers, Debby ^a   Kruckenberg, Sheree ^a   Lieser, Alexis ^b  

^a California Hospital Association   (United States)

^b California American College of Emergency Physicians   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency psychiatric services; LPS act; Mental health services

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL PATIENT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OPEN ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; TIME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84857865794     PISSN: 1936900X     EISSN: 19369018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5811/westjem.2011.6.6732     Document Type: Article

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