Limiting access to psychiatric services can increase total health care costs

Drug Benefit Trends

Volumn 15, Issue SUPPL. I, 2003, Pages 12-18

  Horn, Susan D ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL OUTCOMES RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Formulary restrictions; Outcomes studies

Indexed keywords

ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; GENERIC DRUG; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

AGITATION; ASTHMA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFUSION; CONSULTATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DECUBITUS; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFECT; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; METHODOLOGY; MONOTHERAPY; NURSING HOME; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; POLYPHARMACY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STROKE;

EID: 0346655404     PISSN: 10805826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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