Life-years lost associated with mental illness: a cohort study of beneficiaries of a South African medical insurance scheme - Ruffieux Y, Wettstein A, Maartens G, Folb N, Vieira CM, Didden C, Tlali M, Williams C, Cornell M, Schomaker M, Johnson LF, Joska JA, Egger M, Haas AD.

BACKGROUND: People with mental illness have a reduced life expectancy, but the extent of the mortality gap and the contribution of natural and unnatural causes to excess mortality among people with mental illness in South Africa are unknown. METHOD...
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