Gaps in health care for the somatic health of outpatients with severe mental illness

International Journal of Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 249-255

  Van Hasselt, Fenneke M ^a,b   Schorr, Susanne G ^a,c   Mookhoek, Evert J ^a,d   Brouwers, Jacobus R B J ^a   Loonen, Anton J M ^a,b,d   Taxis, Katja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b GGZ Westelijk Noord Brabant ^*  (Netherlands)

^c ABDA Federal Union of German Associations of Pharmacists   (Germany)

^d Delta Psychiatrisch Ziekenhuis   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Community mental health services; Community pharmacy services; Comorbidity; Health services accessibility; Health status; Mental illnesses

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NETHERLANDS; OUTPATIENT; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NETHERLANDS; OUTPATIENTS;

EID: 84876966014     PISSN: 14458330     EISSN: 14470349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0349.2012.00859.x     Document Type: Article

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