Quality of medical care and excess mortality in psychiatric patients - A nationwide register-based study in Sweden

BMJ Open

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Björkenstam, Emma ^a,b   Ljung, Rickard ^a,b   Burström, Bo ^a   Mittendorfer Rutz, Ellenor ^a   Hallqvist, Johan ^a,c   Weitoft, Gunilla Ringbäck ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL BOARD OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIABETIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL PATIENT; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SWEDEN;

EID: 84857805264     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2011-000778     Document Type: Article

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