Am J Psychiatry 1978; 135:354-357
Copyright © 1978 by American Psychiatric Association
The decision to hospitalize
EB Feigelson, EB Davis, R Mackinnon, HC Shands and CC Schwartz
The authors explored determinants of psychiatric hospitalization in four
Manhattan general hospital emergency rooms and found that although the
nature and severity of a patient's problem played the most important role
in the decision to hospitalize, the facility involved was also a
determining factor. The findings are discussed in relation to policy
concerning staffing and organization of emergency room services and future
studies of service delivery in this area.
