Effects of a Dedicated Regional Psychiatric Emergency Service on Boarding of Psychiatric Patients in Area Emergency Departments

INTRODUCTION: Mental health patients boarding for long hours, even days, in United States emergency departments (EDs) awaiting transfer for psychiatric services has become a considerable and widespread problem. Past studies have shown average boarding times ranging from 6.8 hours to 34 hours. Most p...

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Autores principales: Zeller, Scott, Calma, Nicole, Stone, Ashley
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine 2014
Materias:
Ethical and Legal
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3935777/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24578760
http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/westjem.2013.6.17848

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3935777/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24578760
http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/westjem.2013.6.17848

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