Health care utilization prior to loss to care among veterans with serious mental illness

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 594-596

  Abraham, Kristen M ^b   Lai, Zongshan ^b   Bowersox, Nicholas W ^b   Goodrich, David E ^b   Visnic, Stephanie ^c   Burk, Jeffrey P ^a   Kilbourne, Amy M ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Veterans Health Administration ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOMELESSNESS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL PATIENT; OUTPATIENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROBABILITY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; VETERAN;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DROPOUTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 84883191301     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.002382012     Document Type: Article

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