Continuity of care and health care costs among persons with severe mental illness

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1070-1076

  Mitton, Craig R ^a,d   Adair, Carol E ^b,c   McDougall, Gerry M ^b   Marcoux, Gisele ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d Centre for Healthcare Innovation and Improvement   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CANADA; COMMUNITY CARE; COMMUNITY COST; EUROPEAN QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE 5D; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; MULTNOMAH COMMUNITY ABILITIES SCALE; PATIENT CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SELF REPORT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; ALBERTA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; COST ALLOCATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 24644486894     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.56.9.1070     Document Type: Article

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