Impact of a rehabilitation legislation on the survival in the community of long-term patients discharged from psychiatric hospitals in Israel

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 87-94

  Grinshpoon, Alexander ^a   Zilber, Nelly ^b,c   Lerner, Yaacov ^b   Ponizovsky, Alexander M ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^b Kfar Shaul Hospital   (Israel)

^c French Research Center in Jerusalem   (Israel)

Author keywords

Community care; Discharge; Mortality; Psychiatric Patients; Readmission

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; LENGTH OF STAY; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; MORTALITY; PROBABILITY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; AGED; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; SURVIVORS;

EID: 33644589176     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-005-0008-0     Document Type: Article

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