title: Emergency department psychiatric consultation arrangements.
abstract: The effects of organizational and environmental factors on emergency department psychiatric consultation arrangements and the influence of arrangement on service effectiveness are examined. The findings have implications for health care researchers, administrators, and policymakers, encouraging further exploration into arrangement type and conditions that produce optimal patient and organizational outcomes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, Norfolk State University, Virginia, USA. jbrown@nsu.edu
authors.forename: Jennifer Field
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Brown
mesh_terms: D000573:American Hospital Association; D003419:Crisis Intervention; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004637:Emergency Services, Psychiatric / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000600:supply & distribution; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D007358:Insurance, Psychiatric; D008396:Maryland; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012044:Regression Analysis; D013022:South Carolina; D014481:United States