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Total mortality in people admitted to a psychiatric hospital
Author(s)Vidje Hansen, Egil Arnesen, Bjarne Jacobsen
Journal titleThe British Journal of Psychiatry, vol 170 no 2, February 1997
Pagespp 186-190
KeywordsDeath rate [statistics] ; In-patients ; Psychiatric units ; Admission ; Norway.
AnnotationThe aim of this study was to document the mortality of psychiatric patients within a service system in Norway characterised by a low beds-to-population ratio. Compared with the general population, mortality in this group is considerably higher, and for men, not much better than 50 years ago.
Accession NumberCPA-970221023 A
ClassmarkS5: LF7: LDL: QKH: 76N

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