QALYs and mental health care

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 68-75

  Chisholm, D ^a   Healey, A ^a   Knapp, M ^a,b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS;

EID: 0031037921     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00788923     Document Type: Review

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