Outcomes of Nordic mental health systems: life expectancy of patients with mental disorders

Kristian Wahlbeck; Jeanette Westman; Merete Nordentoft; Mika Gissler; Thomas Munk Laursen

doi:10.1192/bjp.bp.110.085100

Outcomes of Nordic mental health systems: life expectancy of patients with mental disorders

Kristian Wahlbeck, Jeanette Westman, Merete Nordentoft, Mika Gissler, Thomas Munk Laursen

Graduate School of Health and Medical Sciences

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Abstract

People with mental disorders evince excess mortality due to natural and unnatural deaths. The relative life expectancy of people with mental disorders is a proxy measure of effectiveness of social policy and health service provision.

Original language	English
Journal	British Journal of Psychiatry
Volume	199
Issue number	6
Pages (from-to)	453-8
Number of pages	6
ISSN	0007-1250
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.bp.110.085100
Publication status	Published - 2011

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