Relationship Between Climate and Psychiatric Inpatient Length of Stay in Veterans Health Administration Hospitals
Federman E, Drebing C, Boisvert C, Penk W, Binus G, Rosenheck R. Relationship Between Climate and Psychiatric Inpatient Length of Stay in Veterans Health Administration Hospitals. American Journal Of Psychiatry 2000, 157: 1669-1673. PMID: 11007722, DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.157.10.1669.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVeterans Health Administration hospitalsLength of stayVHA hospitalsAdministration HospitalInpatient psychiatric lengthPsychiatric hospitalization costsPsychiatric Inpatient LengthHealth care utilizationLonger lengthInpatient psychiatric servicesHigh clinical costsCare utilizationHospitalization costsInpatient lengthPsychiatric lengthHospital utilizationMedical CenterPsychiatric servicesHospital levelStayHospitalClinical costsMean lengthSignificant correlationShorter length