Clinical severity alone does not determine disposition decisions for patients in the emergency department with suicide risk - Kroll DS, Karno J, Mullen B, Shah SB, Pallin DJ, Gitlin DF.

Background Boarding of patients with suicide risk in emergency departments (EDs) negatively impacts both patients and society. Factors other than clinical severity may frequently preclude safe outpatient dispositions among suicidal patients boarding for p...
Source: SafetyLit - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Risk Factor Prevalence, Injury Occurrence Source Type: news