Factors associated with frequent psychiatric admissions in a general hospital in Spain

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 532-535

  Martínez Ortega, José M ^a,b,c   Gutiérrez Rojas, Luis ^c,d   Jurado, Dolores ^c   Higueras, Antonio ^a,b   Diaz, Francisco J ^e   Gurpegui, Manuel ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LAS NIEVES   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SAN CECILIO   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

frequent users; mental disorder; rehospitalization; revolving door

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MENTAL DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SPAIN; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MENTAL DISORDERS; PATIENT READMISSION; RISK FACTORS; SPAIN;

EID: 84865481468     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: 17412854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020764011413061     Document Type: Article

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