One-year cost implications of using mental health care after discharge from a general medical hospitalization

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 672-678

  Benzer, Justin K ^a,b   Sullivan, Jennifer L ^a,b   Williams, Sandra ^a   Burgess, James F ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT READMISSION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84863600689     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.201100457     Document Type: Article

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