A Trial of the Effect of a Standardized Psychiatric Consultation on Health Outcomes and Costs in Somatizing Patients

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 238-243

  Smith, G Richard ^a   Rost, Kathryn ^a   Kashner, T Michael ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VA NORTH TEXAS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; RANDOMIZATION; SOMATIZATION;

ADULT; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRY; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0028956303     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: 15383636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.1995.03950150070012     Document Type: Article

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