Effectiveness and cost of the inpatient treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder: Comparison of three models of treatment

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 154, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 758-765

  Fontana, Alan ^a,b   Rosenheck, Robert ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 0030980828     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.154.6.758     Document Type: Article

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