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## Abstract __Objectives__: This study aims to examine risk factors associated with 3‐month post‐discharge suicide among cancer patients using Taiwan's nationwide, population‐based datasets. __Methods__: The study cohort comprised all cancer patients discharged from hospitals from 2002 to 2004, inclusive, who committed suicide within 90 days of discharge (__n__=311). The control group consisted of 1555 cancer patients who did not commit suicide within 90 days of discharge. The dependent variable was whether or not a patient committed suicide within 90 days of discharge, while the independent variables included patient, hospital and physician characteristics at index hospitalization. Cox proportional hazard regression was carried out to compute the 90‐day survival rate, adjusting for possible confounding factors. __Results__: The mean interval from discharge to suicide was 39.7 days (±95.2) and almost half (46.3%) of the 3‐month post‐discharge suicides occurred within 14 days after discharge. The adjusted hazard of committing suicide for patients who were not hospitalized in the preceding year was 1.68 (__p__=0.009), 1.61 (__p__=0.033), and 2.51 (__p__<0.001) times greater, respecti

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Author

Herng‐Ching Lin; Chih‐Hsiung Wu; Hsin‐Chien Lee

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (John Wiley & Sons); John Wiley & Sons Inc.; Wiley; FASEB (ISSN 1057-9249)

Published

2009

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)