Patterns of mental health care utilisation: Distribution of services and its predictability from routine data

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1275-1282

  Heggestad, Torhild ^a   Lilleeng, Solfrid E ^b,c   Ruud, Torleif ^d,e  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b SINTEF   (Norway)

^c Health Economy and Financing Division   (Norway)

^d AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Episodes of care; Mental health services; Patient readmission; Psychiatric status rating scales

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT CARE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EPISODE OF CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; OUTPATIENTS; PATIENT READMISSION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 83655165254     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-010-0295-y     Document Type: Article

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