Suicide mortality following nursing home discharge in the Department of Veterans Affairs health system

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 103, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2261-2266

  McCarthy, John F ^a,b,e   Szymanski, Benjamin R ^d   Karlin, Bradley E ^a,c   Katz, Ira R ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^b VA Headquarters   (United States)

^c Disaster Mental Health Services   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Building 16   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FACTUAL DATABASE; GOVERNMENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOME; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; VETERAN; YOUNG ADULT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; TRENDS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT DISCHARGE; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887315105     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301292     Document Type: Article

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