Patterns of health services use and costs in patients with mental disorders in primary care;Costes y patrón de uso de servicios en pacientes que demandan atención por problemas mentales en asistencia primaria

Gaceta Sanitaria

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 306-313

  Mainar, Antoni Sicras ^a,f   Gutiérrez, Javier Rejas ^b   Artieda, Ruth Navarro ^a   Tarrés, Josep Serrat ^c   Tamayo, Milagrosa Blanca ^d   Cerezo, Silvia Díaz ^e  

^a Direccion de Planificacion   (Spain)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

^c Badalona Serveis Assistencials   (Spain)

^d Centro de Psiquiatría   (Spain)

^e Economía e Investigación de Resultados en Salud OYs Integra   (Spain)

^f Direccion de Planificacion Y Desarrollo Organizativo   (Spain)

Author keywords

Costs study; Health care resource utilization; Mental disorders; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548188458     PISSN: 02139111     EISSN: 15781283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13108503     Document Type: Article

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