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Waiting for Care: Length of Stay for ED Mental Health Patients by Disposition, Diagnosis, and Region (2009–2015)

Objective Emergency departments (EDs) face increasing mental health visits on a backdrop of insufficient mental health resources. We study ED length of stay (LOS) and disposition by 1) mental health vs. medical visits; 2) psychiatric vs. substance use visits; and 3) the four regions of the United St...

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Autores principales: Simko, Laura, Birgisson, Natalia E, Pirrotta, Elizabeth A, Wang, Ewen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9250335/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35795515
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.25604