Mental health services reach the tipping point in Australian acute hospitals: The OECD warns about Australia’s low psychiatric bed numbers

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 203, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 432-434

  Allison, Stephen ^a   Bastiampillai, Tarun ^a,b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NOTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL; MENTAL DISORDERS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALIA; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84949895082     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja15.00782     Document Type: Note

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