Predicting hospital length of stay for geriatric patients with mood disorders

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 696-703

  Ismail, Zahinoor ^a,c   Arenovich, Tamara ^b   Grieve, Charlotte ^b   Willett, Peggie ^b   Sajeev, Gautam ^b   Mamo, David C ^a   MacQueen, Glenda M ^a   Mulsant, Benoit H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bipolar; Capacity; Depression; Geriatric psychiatry; Inpatient; Length of stay; Mood disorders; Pain; Predictors; Service delivery

Indexed keywords

ADL DISABILITY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INVOLUNTARY COMMITMENT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; MENTAL HOSPITAL; MOOD DISORDER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; URBAN AREA;

EID: 84873025034     PISSN: 07067437     EISSN: 14970015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/070674371205701107     Document Type: Article

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