The association between primary care quality and health-care use, costs and outcomes for people with serious mental illness: a retrospective observational study

• Main Authors: Rowena Jacobs (Author), Lauren Aylott (Author), Ceri Dare (Author), Tim Doran (Author), Simon Gilbody (Author), Maria Goddard (Author), Hugh Gravelle (Author), Nils Gutacker (Author), Panagiotis Kasteridis (Author), Tony Kendrick (Author), Anne Mason (Author), Nigel Rice (Author), Jemimah Ride (Author), Najma Siddiqi (Author), Rachael Williams (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: National Institute for Health Research, 2020-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Serious mental illness, including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and other psychoses, is linked with high disease burden, poor outcomes, high treatment costs and lower life expectancy. In the UK, most people with serious mental illness are treated in primary care by general practitioner...