Cost-effectiveness of assertive community treatment for homeless persons with severe mental illness

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 174, Issue APR., 1999, Pages 346-352

  Lehman, Anthony F ^a   Dixon, Lisa ^b   Hoch, Jeffrey S ^b   Deforge, Bruce ^b   Kernan, Eimer ^b   Frank, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SERVICE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PATIENT CARE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL WELFARE;

EID: 0032903163     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.174.4.346     Document Type: Article

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