Psychiatrists' knowledge and attitudes about costs of commonly prescribed treatments in psychiatry

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 11-22

  Bellian, David P ^a   King, Keith A ^b   Wahl, Jeffrey ^a   Price, James H ^c  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Awareness; Cost control; Drug costs; Health care surveys; Health expenditures; Hospital charges; Knowledge; Physicians; Psychiatrists; Questionnaires

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIAGNOSIS, MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; OHIO; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0035261547     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026533013729     Document Type: Article

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