Impact of psychotic disorders on discharge dispositions of adults 65 or older after a general medical inpatient stay

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 333-337

  Nath, Sara Bressi ^a   Marcus, Steven C ^b  

^a BRYN MAWR COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PSYCHOSIS; WELLBEING;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT TRANSFER; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84859860210     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.201100332     Document Type: Article

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