Somatic Care with a Psychotic Disorder. Lower Somatic Health Care Utilization of Patients with a Psychotic Disorder Compared to Other Patient Groups and to Controls Without a Psychiatric Diagnosis

Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 650-662

  Swildens, Wilma ^a   Termorshuizen, Fabian ^b,c   de Ridder, Alex ^d   Smeets, Hugo ^b,e   Engelhard, Iris M ^a,f  

^a Altrecht Institute for Mental Health Care   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d Altrecht Institute for Mental Health Care   (Netherlands)

^e NONE   (Netherlands)

^f UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Mental health; Schizophrenia; Somatic Health Care utilization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; NETHERLANDS; PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STATISTICAL MODEL; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NETHERLANDS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 84944549241     PISSN: 0894587X     EISSN: 15733289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10488-015-0679-0     Document Type: Article

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