Regional variations and determinants of direct psychiatric costs in Sweden

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 483-492

  Tiainen, Anne ^a   Edman, Gunnar ^a   Flyckt, Lena ^a   Tomson, Göran ^b  

^a DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Determinants; direct costs; psychiatric disorders; regional variations

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; DRUG COST; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OUTPATIENT CARE; PREDICTION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWEDEN; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; URBANIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; COST OF ILLNESS; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DRUG COSTS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; REGISTRIES; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 47949111752     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494808089065     Document Type: Article

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