Health care costs in persons with asthma and comorbid mental disorders. A systematic review

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 443-453

  Hutter, Nico ^a   Knecht, Annika ^a   Baumeister, Harald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asthma; Comorbidity; Health care costs; Mental disorder; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; COMORBIDITY; CONSULTATION; EMERGENCY CARE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; OUTPATIENT CARE; PANIC; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ASTHMA; COMORBIDITY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH FACILITIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 80052782881     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: 18737714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2011.06.013     Document Type: Article

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