Marked reduction in length of stay for patients with psychiatric emergencies after implementation of a comanagement model

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 338-343

  Polevoi, Steven K ^a   Jewel Shim, J ^b   McCulloch, Charles E ^a   Grimes, Barbara ^a   Govindarajan, Prasanthi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; COMANAGEMENT MODEL; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; MENTAL PATIENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIST; RESIDENTIAL CARE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY SERVICES, PSYCHIATRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; PATIENT CARE MANAGEMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876352112     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acem.12105     Document Type: Article

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