Pathways to (specialized) care: Patient costs and contacts en route to a first-episode psychosis clinic

Early Intervention in Psychiatry

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 375-381

  Cheung, Desmond ^a,b   Roper, Leslie ^a,b   Purdon, Scot E ^a,b  

^a Edmonton Early Psychosis Intervention Clinic   (Canada)

^b ALBERTA HOSPITAL EDMONTON   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cost; Duration of untreated psychosis; Early episode psychosis clinic; Intervention; Pathways to care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; EARLY INTERVENTION; EMERGENCY CONTACT; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENTAL HEALTH CONTACT; MISCELLANEOUS NAMED GROUPS; OUTPATIENT; POLICE CONTACT; PSYCHOSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH COST; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SPECIALIZED CARE; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; CANADA; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ALBERTA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84912029532     PISSN: 17517885     EISSN: 17517893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/eip.12093     Document Type: Article

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