General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 27, Issue 4 , Pages 292-297 , July 2005

Development of a Taiwanese computerized database for psychiatric consultation in a general hospital

  • Nien-Mu Chiu, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Chang Gang Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, 123 Ta-Pei Road, Niao-Sung Hsiang, Kaohsiung County 833, Taiwan
    • Department of Nursing, Fooyin University of Technology, Ta-Liao Hsiang, Kaohsiung County 831,Taiwan
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  • James J. Strain, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Behavioral Medicine and Consultation Psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Mount Sinai—NYU Medical Center/Health System, 1 Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA
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  • Tzan-Fu Sun, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Chang Gang Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, 123 Ta-Pei Road, Niao-Sung Hsiang, Kaohsiung County 833, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +886 7 7317123x8768; fax: +886 7 7326817.
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  • Jay J. Strain, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Eden Hospital, Castro Valley, CA, USA
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  • Yu Lee, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Chang Gang Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, 123 Ta-Pei Road, Niao-Sung Hsiang, Kaohsiung County 833, Taiwan
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  • Mian-Yoon Chong, M.D., Ph.D., M.R.C. Psych.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Chang Gang Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, 123 Ta-Pei Road, Niao-Sung Hsiang, Kaohsiung County 833, Taiwan
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  • Jung-Kwang Wen, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Chang Gang Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, 123 Ta-Pei Road, Niao-Sung Hsiang, Kaohsiung County 833, Taiwan

Received 16 November 2004 ,Accepted 24 February 2005.

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PII: S0163-8343(05)00036-8

doi: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2005.02.006

General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 27, Issue 4 , Pages 292-297 , July 2005

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