Reducing Length of Hospital Stay for Intellectually Disabled Psychiatric Patients with Chronic Medical Problems
Length of hospital stay (LOS) is a major indicator for measuring efficient care. Intellectually disabled psychiatric patients (IDPP) with chronic medical problems have longer LOS due to challenges faced by providers in jointly managing both psychiatric and medical problems. The purposes of this stud...
Main Author: | Wigwe, Joseph |
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Format: | Others |
Language: | en |
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ScholarWorks
2016
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Online Access: | https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/2908 https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4011&context=dissertations |
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