Emergency department visits and use of outpatient physician services by adults with developmental disability and psychiatric disorder

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 601-607

  Lunsky, Yona ^a,b   Lin, Elizabeth ^a,b   Balogh, Rob ^a   Klein Geltink, Julie ^b   Wilton, Andrew S ^b   Kurdyak, Paul ^a,b  

^a CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Developmental disability; Emergency departments; Mental health services; Primary care; Serious mental illness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 84873019395     PISSN: 07067437     EISSN: 14970015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/070674371205701004     Document Type: Article

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