Hospital-treated physical illnesses and mortality: An 11-year follow-up study of long-stay psychiatric patients

European Psychiatry

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 211-218

  Räsänen, Sami ^a   Meyer Rochow, Victor Benno ^b   Moring, Juha ^a   Hakko, Helinä ^a  

^a OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Schizophrenia and psychoses

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL PATIENT; MORTALITY; NEGLECT; NEOPLASM; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 34248188714     PISSN: 09249338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2006.09.005     Document Type: Article

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