Evaluating mental health care and policy in Spain

Journal of Mental Health Policy and Economics

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Salvador Carulla, Luis ^a,b   Costa Font, Joan ^c   Cabases, Juan ^d   McDaid, David ^c   Alonso, Jordi ^e  

^a IISPV   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^d PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

^e INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; PAROXETINE;

DRUG COST; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; SPAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLITICS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; TRENDS;

COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; POLITICS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REGIONAL HEALTH PLANNING; SPAIN;

EID: 77955101780     PISSN: 10914358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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