Suicide Mortality Following Nursing Home Discharge in the Department of Veterans Affairs Health System

Objectives. We assessed suicide rates up to 6 months following discharge from US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) nursing homes. Methods. In VA Minimum Data Set (MDS) records, we identified 281 066 live discharges from the 137 VA nursing homes during fiscal years 2002 to 2008. We used MDS and adm...

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Main Authors: McCarthy, John F., Szymanski, Benjamin R., Karlin, Bradley E., Katz, Ira R.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Public Health Association 2013
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Research and Practice
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3828958/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24134359
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2013.301292
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