Mental health services and the mortality of nursing home residents

Journal of Aging and Health

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 498-513

  Castle, Nicholas G ^a   Shea, Dennis G ^b  

^a AtlantiCare   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

AGED; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; NURSING HOMES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030780589     PISSN: 08982643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/089826439700900404     Document Type: Article

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