Home-based versus hospital-based care for serious mental illness: Controlled cost-effectiveness study over four years

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 172, Issue JUNE, 1998, Pages 506-512

  Knapp, M ^a,g   Marks, I ^b   Wolstenholme, J ^c   Beecham, J ^d   Astin, J ^d   Audini, B ^e   Connolly, J ^b   Watts, V ^f  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d Institute of Psychiatry

^e ROYAL COLLEGE OF PSYCHIATRISTS   (United Kingdom)

^f Enfield Community Care Trust

^g KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL CARE; MANAGED CARE; MENTAL DISEASE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT CARE;

EID: 0031833246     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.172.6.506     Document Type: Article

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