Measuring the distribution of the length of stay in acute psychiatric units

Journal of Psychiatric Intensive Care

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 78-87

  Large, Matthew M ^a   Paton, Michael B ^b   Sara, Grant ^c,d,e   Wright, Murray ^f   Nielssen, Olav B ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Mental Health Drug and Alcohol Services   (Australia)

^c NSW Health Pathology   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^f Greater Southern Area Health Service   (Australia)

^g ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Length of stay; psychiatric hospital

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011436459     PISSN: 17426464     EISSN: 17442206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1742646411000227     Document Type: Article

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