Hospitalization Cost Offset of a Hostility Intervention for Coronary Heart Disease Patients

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 657-662

  Davidson, Karina W ^a   Gidron, Yori ^b   Mostofsky, Elizabeth ^a   Trudeau, Kimberlee J ^c  

^a Columbia University ^*

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c INFLEXXION INC   (United States)

Author keywords

coronary heart disease; hospitalization cost; hostility; therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

ADULT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CORONARY DISEASE; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP;

EID: 34548862569     PISSN: 0022006X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-006X.75.4.657     Document Type: Article

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