Clinical outcomes and mortality associated with weekend admission to psychiatric hospital

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 209, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 29-34

  Patel, Rashmi ^a   Chesney, Edward ^a   Cullen, Alexis E ^a   Tulloch, Alex D ^a   Broadbent, Matthew ^b   Stewart, Robert ^a   McGuire, Philip ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; DEATH; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HOSPITAL; ODDS RATIO; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; ADOLESCENT; AGED; ENGLAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; REGISTRIES; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84978427800     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.115.180307     Document Type: Article

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