A comparison of the cost-effectiveness of hospital-based home care with that of a conventional outpatient follow-up for patients with mental illness

Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 165-173

  Tsai, Sing Ling ^a   Chen, Mei Bih ^b   Yin, Teresa J C ^c  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness analysis; Home care; Patients with mental illness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFTERCARE; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOME CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TAIWAN;

ADULT; AFTERCARE; AMBULATORY CARE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOME CARE SERVICES, HOSPITAL-BASED; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TAIWAN;

EID: 27744524204     PISSN: 16823141     EISSN: 1948965X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.JNR.0000387538.37889.38     Document Type: Article

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