Does deinstitutionalization increase suicide?

Health Services Research

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1385-1405

  Yoon, Jangho ^a   Bruckner, Tim A ^b  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Community mental health; Deinstitutionalization; Privatization; Psychiatric beds; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL BED; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PROFIT; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CAUSALITY; DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITALS, PRIVATE; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68249146073     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2009.00986.x     Document Type: Article

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