Patterns of primary care and mortality among patients with schizophrenia or diabetes: A cluster analysis approach to the retrospective study of healthcare utilization

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Copeland, Laurel A ^a,b   Zeber, John E ^a,b   Wang, Chen Pin ^a,c   Parchman, Michael L ^a,c   Lawrence, Valerie A ^a,c   Valenstein, Marcia ^d,e   Miller, Alexander L ^b  

^a SOUTH TEXAS VETERANS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^d VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CASE MIX; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISABILITY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOLDIER; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 69049100097     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-9-127     Document Type: Article

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