Estimating population prevalence of psychiatric conditions by small area with applications to analysing outcome and referral variations

Health and Place

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 465-478

  Congdon, Peter ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health outcomes; Morbidity survey; Prevalence estimation; Psychiatric hospitalization; Psychiatric illness; Small areas

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH RISK; MENTAL HEALTH; MORBIDITY; PSYCHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUICIDE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33745257578     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2005.05.001     Document Type: Article

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