Quality of Medical Care and Excess Mortality in Older Patients With Mental Disorders
Archives of General PsychiatryPublished 1 June 2001
Benjamin G. Druss, W. David Bradford, Robert A. Rosenheck, Martha J. Radford, Harlan M. Krumholz
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Deficits in quality of medical care seemed to explain a substantial portion of the excess mortality experienced by patients with mental disorders after myocardial infarction, and the potential importance of improving patients' medical care as a step toward reducing their excess mortality is suggested.
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Deficits in quality of medical care seemed to explain a substantial portion of the excess mortality experienced by patients with mental disorders after myocardial infarction. The study suggests the potential importance of improving these patients' medical care as a step toward reducing their excess mortality.
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