Assessing the quality of care for patients with first-episode psychosis

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 882-885

  Chong, Siow Ann ^a   Vaingankar, J A ^a   Chan, Y H ^b   Jauhar, N ^a   Kwok, V ^a   Soo, S C ^a   Tan, L ^a   Verma, S ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Process indicators; Psychosis; Quality of care; Treatment guidelines

Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; PSYCHOSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; DEMOGRAPHY; EPISODE OF CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGAPORE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33749490567     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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