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Differences in the Use of Hospital‐Based Outpatient Mental Health Services by the Elderly
Author(s) -
Blixen Carol E.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
image: the journal of nursing scholarship
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009
H-Index - 80
eISSN - 1547-5069
pISSN - 0743-5150
DOI - 10.1111/j.1547-5069.1994.tb00313.x
Subject(s) - emergency rooms , medicine , mental health , emergency department , outpatient clinic , psychiatry , substance abuse , medical emergency , substance use , family medicine , gerontology
Visits to hospital outpatient clinics and emergency rooms by patients age 65 and over were studied. Differences were found in the use of mental health services between the oldest old and youngest old. A significant portion of psychiatric and substance abuse disorders was found among the youngest old, while the oldest old made a greater number of visits to emergency rooms.