Clinical and sociodemographic features associated with the high and prolonged utilization of resources by outpatients of a Community Psychiatric Service;Caratteristiche cliniche e sociodemografiche associate all'elevato e prolungato utilizzo di risorse in pazienti afferenti ad un Centro di Salute Mentale

Epidemiologia e Psichiatria Sociale

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 82-87

  Ferrero, Andrea ^a   Pierò, Andrea ^a,b   Zirilli, Francesco ^a   Lanteri, Antonello ^a   Fassino, Secondo ^b  

^a Dipartimento di Salute Mentale (DSM)   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTPATIENT;

EID: 41349091701     PISSN: 1121189X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1121189x00002724     Document Type: Letter

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