@article{ref1,
title="Involuntary and voluntary psychiatric patients: a pilot study of resource consumption",
journal="American journal of public health",
year="1988",
author="Perlman, B. P. and Kentera, A. and Thornton, J. C. and Griffith, B.",
volume="78",
number="10",
pages="1347-1348",
abstract="This pilot study compares the resources utilized caring for &quot;voluntary&quot; and &quot;involuntary&quot; patients in a community hospital inpatient psychiatric unit. &quot;Voluntary&quot; patients committed less episodes of violence. &quot;Emergency involuntaries&quot; experienced more episodes of restraint and were involved in more violent episodes than &quot;other involuntaries&quot;. A critical predictor of behavior was whether patients were brought to the hospital by police. Implications for public policy and psychiatric DRGs (diagnosis related groups) are discussed.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0090-0036",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}