Acceptability and costeffectiveness of military telehealth mental health screening

Psychological Services

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 132-143

  Jones, Michael D ^a   Etherage, Joseph R ^a   Cory Harmon, S ^a   Okiishi, John C ^a  

^a MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Costeffectiveness; Mental health screening; Military; Postdeployment; Telehealth

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOLDIER; TELEMEDICINE;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL DISORDERS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84864776898     PISSN: 15411559     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0026709     Document Type: Article

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