Abstract: People with severe mental illness experience poorer health outcomes than the general population. Diabetes contributes significantly to this health gap. The objectives were to identify the determinants of diabetes and to explore variation in diabetes outcomes for people with severe mental illness. Under a social inequalities framework, a concurrent mixed-methods design combined analysis of linked primary care records with qualitative interviews. The quantitative study was carried out in general practices in England (2000–16). The qualitative s...
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Topics:
Psychiatry
Gerontology