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Hospital Treatment of Elderly Neuropsychiatric Patients. II. Statistical Profile of the First 122 Patients in a New Teaching Ward
Author(s) -
Spar James E.,
Ford Charles V.,
Liston Edward H.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
journal of the american geriatrics society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.992
H-Index - 232
eISSN - 1532-5415
pISSN - 0002-8614
DOI - 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1980.tb00003.x
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , dementia , depression (economics) , pediatrics , emergency medicine , teaching hospital , intensive care medicine , general surgery , disease , physics , optics , economics , macroeconomics
Data are presented on the first 122 patients admitted to a geropsychiatric teaching ward in a university hospital. A high incidence of medical problems as reflected by abnormal laboratory findings complicated the management of these patients, most of whom had dementia or depression. In all diagnostic categories, the patients appeared to benefit from the intensive inpatient treatment. Difficulties in the areas of diagnosis, treatment, length of hospital stay, discharge placement and program evaluation are discussed.