Cost of schizophrenia in the medicare program

Population Health Management

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 190-196

  Feldman, Rachel ^a   Bailey, Robert A ^b   Muller, James ^a   Le, Jennifer ^a,c   Dirani, Riad ^d  

^a Moran Company   (United States)

^b Janssen Scientific Affairs LLC   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d JANSSEN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEMIA; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG ABUSE; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; METABOLIC DISORDER; MOOD DISORDER; MORTALITY; PAIN; PATIENT CARE; PNEUMONIA; PRESCRIPTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEPTICEMIA; SHOCK; SOCIAL SECURITY; THORAX PAIN; AGED; COST; ECONOMICS; MEDICAL FEE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; SCHIZOPHRENIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84902012703     PISSN: 19427891     EISSN: 19427905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/pop.2013.0062     Document Type: Article

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