Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 1990 Nov;12(6):396-400.

High prevalence of physical illness in a geriatric psychiatric inpatient population.

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Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University Medical Center, California.

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The prevalence of physical illness was determined in a population of geriatric patients on a unit of psychiatric inpatients. Ninety-two percent of the 95 patients were found to have one or more significant medical problems. The average number of medical conditions was 1.9. The disorders were classified according to affected organ system.

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