Inequalities in physical comorbidity: A longitudinal comparative cohort study of people with severe mental illness in the UK

BMJ Open

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2015, Pages

  Reilly, Siobhan ^a   Olier, Ivan ^b   Planner, Claire ^c   Doran, Tim ^d   Reeves, David ^c   Ashcroft, Darren M ^c   Gask, Linda ^c   Kontopantelis, Evangelos ^c  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LEARNING DISORDER; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSORIASIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEVERE MENTAL ILLNESS; UNITED KINGDOM; AGED; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEALTH DISPARITY; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEOPLASMS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ADULT; AGED; COMORBIDITY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84960344609     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009010     Document Type: Article

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