Quality assurance in a setting designed to care for patients with combined medical and psychiatric disease. Psychosomatics 1992;33(4):387-96
Date
01/01/1992Pubmed ID
1461964DOI
10.1016/S0033-3182(92)71943-4Scopus ID
2-s2.0-0026801294 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 13 CitationsAbstract
In an attempt to address the needs of patients with combined medical and psychiatric illness, a variety of clinical centers are now creating medical/psychiatry units. These units differ widely in their clinical capabilities, yet no adequate delineation of safeguards regarding quality of care currently exists. This article discusses minimum quality guidelines for four types of medical/psychiatry units that are based on the level of acuity of patients' medical and psychiatric disease.
Author List
Kathol RG, Harsch HH, Hall RC, Shakespeare A, Cowart TAuthor
Harold H. Harsch MD Professor in the Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine department at Medical College of WisconsinMESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
Acute DiseaseComorbidity
Decision Making
Delivery of Health Care
Female
Health Promotion
Hospitalization
Humans
Male
Medical Staff, Hospital
Mental Disorders
Psychiatric Department, Hospital
Quality Assurance, Health Care
