Health care contacts in the year before suicide death

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 870-877

  Ahmedani, Brian K ^a   Simon, Gregory E ^b   Stewart, Christine ^b   Beck, Arne ^c   Waitzfelder, Beth E ^c   Rossom, Rebecca ^d   Lynch, Frances ^e   Owen Smith, Ashli ^c   Hunkeler, Enid M ^f   Whiteside, Ursula ^b   Operskalski, Belinda H ^b   Coffey, M Justin ^a   Solberg, Leif I ^d  

^a HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b GROUP HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^d HEALTHPARTNERS INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

^f DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

health services research; mental health; prevention; primary care; suicide

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; GRADUATE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SUICIDE; AMBULATORY CARE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; INSURANCE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUICIDAL IDEATION; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; CHILD; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REPORTING; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS, PROBLEM-ORIENTED; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84901672269     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-014-2767-3     Document Type: Article

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