Socioeconomic deprivation and extended hospitalization in severe mental disorder: A two-year follow-up study

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 322-325

  Abas, Melanie Amna ^a   Vanderpyl, Jane ^b   Robinson, Elizabeth ^c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Division of Medicine Emergency and Integrated Care   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; SOCIOECONOMICS; ETHNIC GROUP; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PSYCHOLOGY; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 85047684785     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.2008.59.3.322     Document Type: Article

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