Specialist psychiatric health care utilization among older people with intellectual disability – predictors and comparisons with the general population: a national register study

Specialist psychiatric health care utilization among older people with intellectual disability – predictors and comparisons with the general population: a national register study

Abstract Background People with intellectual disability (ID) face considerable barriers to accessing psychiatric health care, thus there is a risk for health disparity. The aims of the present study were 1) to compare specialist psychiatric health care utilization among older people with ID to that...

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Main Authors: G. Ahlström, A. Axmon, M. Sandberg, J. Hultqvist
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-02-01
Series:BMC Psychiatry
Subjects:
Aging
Learning disabilities
Co-morbidities
Diagnoses
Mental disorders
Mental retardation
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12888-020-02491-6

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