Association of mental health with health care use and cost: A population study

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 490-494

  Cawthorpe, David ^a,b   Wilkes, Thomas C R ^a,b   Guyn, Lindsay ^a   Li, Bing ^a   Lu, Mingshan ^b  

^a ALBERTA HEALTH SERVICES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Health cost; Population study; Psychiatric diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL BILLING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL PATIENT; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE;

EID: 80051985504     PISSN: 07067437     EISSN: 14970015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/070674371105600807     Document Type: Article

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