Predicting costs of mental health care: A critical literature review

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 467-477

  Jones, Julia ^a   Amaddeo, Francesco ^a   Barbui, Corrado ^a   Tansella, Michele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BIPOLAR DISORDER; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; ONSET AGE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PSYCHOSIS; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 33847623330     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291706009676     Document Type: Review

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