General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 25, Issue 1 , Pages 14-19 , January 2003

The impact of psychiatric comorbidity on length of stay of medical inpatients

  • Letícia M Furlanetto, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.:+55-48-3319149; fax: +55-48-3319014.
    • ,
  • Roberta V da Silva, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil
    • ,
  • J.oão Romildo Bueno, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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☆ This research was partially supported by the Ministry for Science and Technology of Brazil (CNPq).

PII: S0163-8343(02)00236-0

doi: 10.1016/S0163-8343(02)00236-0

General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 25, Issue 1 , Pages 14-19 , January 2003

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