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EMPIRICAL ARTICLES

Evaluating Psychiatric Hospital Admission Decisions for Children in Foster Care: An Optimal Classification Tree Analysis

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Pages 8-18 | Received 27 May 2005, Accepted 07 Sep 2006, Published online: 05 Dec 2007

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