Psychiatric out-patients seen once only in South Verona and Western Australia: A comparative case-register study

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 414-422

  Rossi, Alberto ^a   Morgan, Vera ^b   Amaddeo, Francesco ^a   Sandri, Marco ^a   Tansella, Michelle ^a   Jablensky, Assen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Low service use; Mental health care; Once only contact; Patterns of care

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; REGISTER; SCREENING TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; AUSTRALIA; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES;

EID: 19644366203     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1614.2005.01590.x     Document Type: Article

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