General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 25, Issue 2 , Pages 91-94 , March 2003

Transfer of care between physician teams does not affect length of stay or symptomatic improvement in hospitalized psychiatric patients

  • Danielle Kizer, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA
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  • Mark Snowden, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.:+1-206-341-4212; fax:+1-206-731-3236.
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  • Joan Russo, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA
    • ,
  • Peter Roy-Byrne, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA

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PII: S0163-8343(02)00276-1

doi: 10.1016/S0163-8343(02)00276-1

General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 25, Issue 2 , Pages 91-94 , March 2003

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