Mental health service delivery and suicide risk: The role of individual patient and facility factors

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 162, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 311-318

  Desai, Rani A ^a   Dausey, David J ^a   Rosenheck, Robert A ^a  

^a NE Program Evaluation Center/182 ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MINORITY GROUP; MORTALITY; POPULATION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RACE; SAMPLE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

AMBULATORY CARE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT READMISSION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RISK ADJUSTMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 13444267337     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.162.2.311     Document Type: Article

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