Standardized mortality ratio of inpatient suicide in a general hospital

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 267-269

  Meg Tseng, Mei Chih ^a,b,c   Cheng, I Chih ^d   Hu, Fu Chang ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d FAR EASTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

General hospital; Hospitalization; Poisson regression model; Standardized mortality ratio; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARDIZATION; SUICIDE;

EID: 79957598990     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09296646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-6646(11)60040-5     Document Type: Article

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