Impact of compulsory community treatment on admission rates: Survival analysis using linked mental health and offender databases

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 184, Issue MAY, 2004, Pages 432-438

  Kisely, Stephen R ^a,d   Xiao, Jianguo ^b   Preston, Neil J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Health Information Centre   (Australia)

^c Fremantle Hospital and Health Service   (Australia)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GROUP THERAPY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT CARE; PERSONALITY DISORDER;

ADULT; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT READMISSION; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 2442562753     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.184.5.432     Document Type: Article

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