Service use and costs of supporting the most socially disabled patients in a hospital reprovision programme: A two-hospital comparison

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 656-661

  McCrone, Paul ^a   Hallam, Angela ^b   Knapp, Martin ^a,c   Swaray, Francis ^a   Nazir, Ana ^d   Leff, Julian ^a,e   Szmidla, Andrew ^e  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Analytical Services Division   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^d Fourth Hurdle Consulting Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^e ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Costs and cost analysis; Deinstitutionalization; Economics; Health care utilization; Psychiatric hospitals

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM AGENTS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PREDICTION; PSYCHOSOCIAL REHABILITATION; SELF CARE; SKILL; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL DISABILITY; UNITED KINGDOM;

DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 33746319696     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-006-0075-x     Document Type: Article

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