Service utilisation and costs of first-contact patients in a community psychiatric service in Italy

European Psychiatry

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 434-442

  Percudania, Mauro ^a   Fattore, Giovanni ^b   Belloni, Gian Carlo ^a   Gerzeli, Simone ^c   Contini, Agostino ^a  

^a Hospital of Legnano   (Italy)

^b BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Community mental health services; Costs; First contact patients; Service utilisation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MOOD DISORDER; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NEUROSIS; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 0036927453     PISSN: 09249338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-9338(02)00704-6     Document Type: Article

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