Satisfaction with community and hospital-based emergency services amongst severely mentally ill service users: A comparison study in South-Verona and South-London

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 302-309

  Ruggeri, Mirella ^a   Salvi, Giovanni ^a   Perwanger, Verena ^a   Phelan, Michael ^b   Pellegrini, Nadia ^a   Parabiaghi, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community based psychiatry; Patient satisfaction; Psychosis; Service evaluation; Severe mental illness; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRISIS INTERVENTION; DAY CARE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOSIS; RATING SCALE; RELATIVE; SCORING SYSTEM; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 33645344113     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-006-0030-x     Document Type: Article

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