Economic impact of services for first-episode psychosis: A decision model approach

Early Intervention in Psychiatry

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 266-273

  McCrone, Paul ^a   Knapp, Martin ^a,b   Dhanasiri, Sujith ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Costs and cost analysis; Decision modelling; Markov process; Psychotic disorder

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EARLY INTERVENTION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL WELFARE;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; EARLY MEDICAL INTERVENTION; ENGLAND; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MARKOV CHAINS; MODELS, ECONOMIC; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS;

EID: 70849103105     PISSN: 17517885     EISSN: 17517893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7893.2009.00145.x     Document Type: Article

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