Patient- and practice-related determinants of emergency department length of stay for patients with psychiatric illness

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Weiss, Anthony P ^a,b,c   Chang, Grace ^a,b,d   Rauch, Scott L ^a,b,e   Smallwood, Jennifer A ^a,d   Schechter, Mark ^b,f   Kosowsky, Joshua ^b,d   Hazen, Eric ^b,c,g   Haimovici, Florina ^b,h   Gitlin, David F ^b,d   Finn, Christine T ⁱ   Orav, Endel J ^a,b,d  

^a Partners Psychiatry and Mental Health   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f NORTH SHORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g NEWTON WELLESLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h Brigham and Women's/Faulkner Hospitals   (United States)

ⁱ DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOSIS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TOXICITY TESTING;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PATIENT ADMISSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84864288172     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2012.01.037     Document Type: Article

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