Medical care utilization during 1 year prior to death in suicides motivated by physical illnesses

Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 147-154

  Cho, Jaelim ^a   Lee, Won Joon ^a   Moon, Ki Tae ^b   Suh, Mina ^c   Sohn, Jungwoo ^a   Ha, Kyoung Hwa ^a   Kim, Changsoo ^a   Shin, Dong Chun ^a   Jung, Sang Hyuk ^d  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Samsung Life Insurance Company   (South Korea)

^c National Cancer Center   (South Korea)

^d Ewha Womans University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Medical care research; Mental disorders; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DEATH; DEMENTIA; DISABILITY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE AND SEX; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MOTIVATION; NEOPLASM; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; SUICIDE; AGE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; HEALTH SERVICE; MEDICAL FEE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; DEMOGRAPHY; FEES, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84878991878     PISSN: 19758375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3961/jpmph.2013.46.3.147     Document Type: Article

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