A rural/urban comparison of psychiatric inpatient admissions in Ireland

Journal of Public Mental Health

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 209-213

  Morrissey, Karyn ^a   Daly, Antoinette ^b   Clarke, Graham ^c   O'Donoghue, Cathal ^d   Ballas, Dimitris ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b HEALTH RESEARCH BOARD   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d Rural Economy Research Centre Ireland   (Ireland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute psychiatric hospitals; Admissions patterns; Ireland; Logistic models; Mental illness; Rural; Rural regions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870606144     PISSN: 17465729     EISSN: 20428731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17465721211289383     Document Type: Article

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