Diagnosing comorbidity in psychiatric hospital: Challenging the validity of administrative registers

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Øiesvold, Terje ^a   Nivison, Mary ^b   Hansen, Vidje ^a   Skre, Ingunn ^a   Østensen, Line ^c   Sørgaard, Knut W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^c NORDLAND HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Psychiatric case register; Psychiatric hospital

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENTAL HOSPITAL; MENTAL PATIENT; NORWAY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; REGISTRIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84871966086     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-13-13     Document Type: Article

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