General hospital psychiatry from the perspective of medical economics

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 449-453

  Hosaka, Takashi ^a   Aoki, Takayuki ^a   Watanabe, Toshiyuki ^a   Okuyama, Toru ^a   Kurosawa, Hisashi ^b  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL CHIBA HOKUSOH HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

General hospital psychiatry; Liaison psychiatry; Medical economics

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSULTATION; GENERAL HOSPITAL; LIAISON PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHIATRIST; REIMBURSEMENT; REVIEW;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS, MEDICAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH, REIMBURSEMENT; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; PSYCHIATRY;

EID: 0032810290     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1819.1999.00583.x     Document Type: Review

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