Suicide information database-cymru: A protocol for a population-based, routinely collected data linkage study to explore risks and patterns of healthcare contact prior to suicide to identify opportunities for intervention

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  John, Ann ^a   Dennis, M ^a   Kosnes, L ^a   Gunnell, D ^b   Scourfield, J ^c   Ford, D V ^a   Lloyd, K ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANONYMISED DATA; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DATA BASE; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DEPRESSION; DROWNING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; GENERAL PRACTICE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; ICD-10; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTOXICATION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SUFFOCATION; SUICIDE; SUICIDE INFORMATION DATABASE CYMRU; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WALES; FACTUAL DATABASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; METHODOLOGY; RISK; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION;

DATA COLLECTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK; SUICIDE; WALES;

EID: 84964315627     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006780     Document Type: Article

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