Cost of Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) programme: An analysis of cost of session, treatment and recovery in selected Primary Care Trusts in the East of England region

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 37-45

  Radhakrishnan, Muralikrishnan ^a   Hammond, Geoffrey ^b   Jones, Peter B ^c   Watson, Alison ^b   McMillan Shields, Fiona ^d   Lafortune, Louise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NIHR CLAHRC for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety Disorders; CBT; Cost; Depression; IAPT

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IMPROVING ACCESS TO PSYCHOLOGICAL THERAPIES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX RATIO; SYNDROME DELINEATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84869880350     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: 1873622X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2012.10.001     Document Type: Article

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