Who's Boarding in the Psychiatric Emergency Service?
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Simpson, Scott Alan; Joesch, Jutta M.; West, Imara I.; Pasic, Jagoda
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Introduction: When a psychiatric patient in the emergency department requires inpatient admission, but no bed is available, they may become a "boarder." The psychiatric emergency service (PES) has been suggested as one means to reduce psychiatric boarding, but the frequency and characteristics of adult PES boarders have not been described.
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Date of Publication
2014
Title
Western Journal of Emergency Medicine: Integrating Emergency Care with Population Health
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15/6
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Simpson, Scott Alan; Joesch, Jutta M.; West, Imara I.; Pasic, Jagoda