Re-hospitalization of first-in-life admitted schizophrenic patients before and after rehabilitation legislation

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 355-359

  Grinshpoon, Alexander ^a   Abramowitz, Moshe Z ^a   Lerner, Yaacov ^b   Zilber, Nelly ^b,c  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^b JDC Israel Falk Institute   (Israel)

^c The French Research Centre   (Israel)

Author keywords

Community care; Discharge; Psychiatric patients; Readmission

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY CARE; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; ISRAEL; LAW; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL PATIENT; MOOD DISORDER; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; REHABILITATION CARE; REHABILITATION CENTER; RISK REDUCTION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT READMISSION; PREVALENCE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34248663240     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-007-0167-2     Document Type: Article

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