Cost effectiveness of day and inpatient psychiatric treatment: Results of a randomised controlled trial

British Medical Journal

Volumn 314, Issue 7091, 1997, Pages 1381-1385

  Creed, Francis ^a,b   Mbaya, Patrick ^a   Lancashire, Stuart ^a   Tomenson, Barbara ^a   Williams, Bill ^a   Holme, Sarah ^a  

^a MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Community Psychiatry ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DAY HOSPITAL; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

EID: 0030899494     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.314.7091.1381     Document Type: Article

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