When costs count: The impact of staff size, skill mix and treatment intensity on patient outcome for psychotherapeutic day treatment programmes

Health Policy

Volumn 86, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 255-265

  Halsteinli, Vidar ^a   Karterud, Sigmund ^b,c   Pedersen, Geir ^d  

^a SINTEF   (Norway)

^b ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d The Norwegian Network of Psychothearpeutic Hospitals   (Norway)

Author keywords

Community mental health services; Day treatment; Skill mix; Staff size; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 40949163123     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2007.10.013     Document Type: Article

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