Assertive community treatment for people with severe mental illness: The effect on hospital use and costs

Health Services Research

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 577-601

  Salkever, David ^a   Domino, Marisa Elena ^a   Burns, Barbara J ^a   Santos, Alberto B ^a   Deci, Paul A ^a   Dias, James ^a   Wagner, H Ryan ^a   Faldowski, Richard A ^a   Paolone, Jan ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Assertive community treatment; Psychiatric costs; Psychiatric hospitalization; Severe mental illness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HOSPITAL;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PATIENT ADMISSION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOUTH CAROLINA; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033051763     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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