Inpatient charges and mental illness: Findings from the nationwide inpatient sample 1999-2007

ClinicoEconomics and Outcomes Research

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 149-158

  Banta, Jim E ^a   Belk, Ivorie ^a   Newton, Kedon ^a   Sherzai, Abdullah ^b  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Dementia; Hospital charges; Mood disorders; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COMORBIDITY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MOOD DISORDER; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 78650693404     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11786981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/CEOR.S7560     Document Type: Review

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