A report on economic studies of Australian mental health issues

Australasian Psychiatry

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 141-145

  Williams, Ruth ^a,b   Doessel, Darrel ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Economics; Mental health; Psychiatry

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMORBIDITY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ALCOHOLISM; AUSTRALIA; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MENTAL RETARDATION; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 33748465704     PISSN: 10398562     EISSN: 14401665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1665.2006.02258.x     Document Type: Article

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