Comparing patterns and costs of schizophrenia care in five European countries: The EPSILON study

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 42-54

  Knapp, Martin ^a,h,i   Chisholm, Daniel ^a,b   Leese, Morven ^a   Amaddeo, Francesco ^c   Tansella, Michele ^c   Schene, Aart ^d   Thornicroft, Graham ^a   Vazquez Barquero, Jose Luis ^e   Knudsen, Helle Charlotte ^f   Becker, Thomas ^g  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^d ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e University Hospital 'Marquis de Valdecilla'   (Spain)

^f The Capital Region   (Denmark)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^h LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Costs and cost analysis; Cross cultural comparison; Health care costs; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DENMARK; DISEASE SEVERITY; EUROPE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPAIN; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 18244400755     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0447.2002._10310.x     Document Type: Article

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