Using health production functions to evaluate treatment effectiveness: An application to a community mental health service

Health Economics

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 373-383

  Healey, Andrew ^a,c   Mirandola, Massimo ^b   Amaddeo, Francesco ^b   Bonizzato, Paola ^b   Tansella, Michele ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community mental health services; Health production function; Panel data; Patient outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHIATRY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGISTER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033867457     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1099-1050(200007)9:5<373::AID-HEC522>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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