General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 32, Issue 2 , Pages 156-163 , March 2010

Hospital admissions due to physical disease in people with schizophrenia: a national population-based study

  • Carmen Bouza, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Health-Care Technology Assessment Agency, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 28029 Madrid, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Fax: +34 913877841.
    • ,
  • Teresa López-Cuadrado, M.Sc. Statistics

      Affiliations

    • National Epidemiology Centre, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 28029 Madrid, Spain
    • ,
  • José María Amate, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Health-Care Technology Assessment Agency, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 28029 Madrid, Spain

Received 22 July 2009 ,Accepted 19 November 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2009.11.014

General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 32, Issue 2 , Pages 156-163 , March 2010

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