Cost savings from assertive community treatment services in an era of declining psychiatric inpatient use

Health Services Research

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 195-217

  Slade, Eric P ^a,b   McCarthy, John F ^b,c   Valenstein, Marcia ^b,c   Visnic, Stephanie ^c   Dixon, Lisa B ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Assertive community treatment; inpatient use; serious mental illness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSERTIVE COMMUNITY TREATMENT; BIPOLAR DISORDER; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GROUP THERAPY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOMELESSNESS; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL PATIENT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PROPENSITY SCORE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; COST SAVINGS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 84872260983     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2012.01420.x     Document Type: Article

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