Quality of medical care and excess mortality in older patients with mental disorders

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 565-572

  Druss, Benjamin G ^a,b,e   Bradford, W David ^c   Rosenheck, Robert A ^a,b   Radford, Martha J ^a,b,d   Krumholz, Harlan M ^a,b,d  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d QUALIDIGM   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORTALITY; POPULATION MODEL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 0035007614     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.58.6.565     Document Type: Article

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